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UNITED STATES · NO. 144 ON THE MONEY LIST

Awonder Liang prize money

$23,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 2 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2025, where Awonder Liang went out in round 4, for $17,000.

FIDE pays every player at a World Cup a fixed sum for the round they go out in. Each figure on this page is that sum, for the round Awonder Liang reached.

PRIZE MONEY $23k
BEST PAYDAY $17k
WORLD CUPS 2
ON THE MONEY LIST 144 of 743

Awonder Liang at each World Cup

Every edition since 2013 in Awonder Liang's draw, in order

2 of 7 played

season running total

Awonder Liang was not in the draw for 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021.

Every World Cup Awonder Liang was paid at

Newest first, with the round reached

World Cup Host Went out Prize
Chess World Cup 2025 Goa Round 4 $17,000
Chess World Cup 2023 Baku Round 2 $6,000

Where Awonder Liang sits on the money list

Ranked 144 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013

# Player Federation World Cups Prize money
134 Vaishali Rameshbabu India 3 $25,750
135 Aleksey Grebnev FIDE flag 1 $25,000
136 Alexander Morozevich Russia 1 $25,000
137 Veselin Topalov Bulgaria 1 $25,000
138 Anna Ushenina Ukraine 4 $24,500
139 Eduardo Iturrizaga Spain 4 $24,000
140 Nino Batsiashvili Georgia 3 $24,000
141 Elisabeth Pähtz Germany 2 $23,500
142 Anton Demchenko Slovenia 3 $23,000
143 Aravindh Chithambaram India 3 $23,000
145 Daniil Yuffa Spain 2 $23,000
146 Grigoriy Oparin United States 3 $23,000
147 Karthik Venkataraman India 2 $23,000
148 Niclas Huschenbeth Germany 3 $23,000
149 Robert Hovhannisyan Armenia 3 $23,000
150 Shant Sargsyan Armenia 2 $23,000
151 Thai Dai Van Nguyen Czechia 3 $23,000
152 Vladislav Kovalev FIDE flag 2 $23,000
153 Alexander Moiseenko Ukraine 2 $22,000
154 Alexandr Predke Serbia 3 $22,000

United States's players

Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for United States, by what they won for it

$998,750 between them

# Player Prize money
01 Wesley So $123,000
02 Fabiano Caruana $111,000
03 Hikaru Nakamura $102,000
04 Sam Shankland $92,000
05 Jeffery Xiong $68,000
06 Leinier Domínguez $66,000
07 Samuel Sevian $61,000
08 Alexander Onischuk $42,000
09 Gata Kamsky $41,000
10 Ray Robson $39,000
11 Levon Aronian $25,000
12 Awonder Liang $23,000
13 Carissa Yip $18,500
14 Varuzhan Akobian $18,000
15 Aleksandr Lenderman $16,000
16 Timur Gareyev $13,000
17 Yaroslav Zherebukh $12,000
18 Irina Krush $11,750
19 Abhimanyu Mishra $10,750
20 Gregory Kaidanov $9,000
21 Jennifer Yu $8,750
22 Andy Woodward $7,000
23 Grigoriy Oparin $7,000
24 Hans Niemann $7,000
25 Alejandro Ramírez $6,000
26 Alexander Shabalov $6,000
27 Conrad Holt $6,000
28 Elshan Moradi $6,000
29 Larry Christiansen $6,000
30 Alice Lee $5,000
31 Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova $5,000
32 Tatev Abrahamyan $5,000
33 Thalia Cervantes Landeiro $5,000
34 Andrew Tang $3,750
35 Robert Hungaski $3,750
36 Kirk Ghazarian $3,500
37 Christopher Yoo $3,000
38 Josiah Stearman $3,000

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Awonder Liang won at the Chess World Cup?

$23,000 across 2 World Cups. That is 144th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.

What was Awonder Liang's best World Cup?

The Chess World Cup 2025 in Goa, where Awonder Liang went out in round 4 and was paid $17,000.

How much did Awonder Liang win at the Chess World Cup 2025?

$17,000. Awonder Liang went out in round 4 in Goa.

How much did Awonder Liang win at the Chess World Cup 2023?

$6,000. Awonder Liang went out in round 2 in Baku.

How does Awonder Liang compare with the rest of United States?

Awonder Liang won 2.3% of the $998,750 paid to United States's players at World Cups since 2013, 12th of the 38.

Where to next

The World Cups Awonder Liang played, and the players around them

World Cups Awonder Liang played

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