Carissa Yip prize money
$18,500 in Chess World Cup prize money across 3 World Cups. The best of them was the Women's Chess World Cup 2021, where Carissa Yip went out in round 3, for $6,750.
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 Carissa Yip reached.
Carissa Yip at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 open to Carissa Yip's draw, in order
season running total
Every World Cup Carissa Yip was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| World Cup | Host | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Chess World Cup 2025 | Batumi | Round 3 | $6,750 |
| Women's Chess World Cup 2023 | Baku | Round 2 | $5,000 |
| Women's Chess World Cup 2021 | Sochi | Round 3 | $6,750 |
Where Carissa Yip sits on the money list
Ranked 185 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | Alexei Shirov | Spain | 2 | $20,000 |
| 176 | Bobby Cheng | Australia | 3 | $20,000 |
| 177 | Lei Tingjie | China | 1 | $20,000 |
| 178 | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | Uzbekistan | 3 | $20,000 |
| 179 | Vahap Şanal | Turkey | 2 | $19,750 |
| 180 | Levan Pantsulaia | Georgia | 4 | $19,250 |
| 181 | Aleksandar Inđić | Serbia | 3 | $19,000 |
| 182 | Karthikeyan Murali | India | 3 | $19,000 |
| 183 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly | India | 3 | $19,000 |
| 184 | Zhu Jiner | China | 2 | $19,000 |
| 186 | Andrei Volokitin | Ukraine | 3 | $18,000 |
| 187 | Axel Bachmann | Paraguay | 3 | $18,000 |
| 188 | Emilio Córdova | Peru | 3 | $18,000 |
| 189 | Neuris Delgado Ramírez | Paraguay | 3 | $18,000 |
| 190 | Varuzhan Akobian | United States | 3 | $18,000 |
| 191 | Klaudia Kulon | Poland | 3 | $17,250 |
| 192 | Bardiya Daneshvar | Iran | 2 | $17,000 |
| 193 | Daniel Dardha | Belgium | 2 | $17,000 |
| 194 | Georg Meier | Uruguay | 2 | $17,000 |
| 195 | Johan-Sebastian Christiansen | Norway | 2 | $17,000 |
United States's players
Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for United States, by what they won for it
| # | 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 Carissa Yip won at the Chess World Cup?
$18,500 across 3 World Cups. That is 185th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013, and 24th on the Women's World Cup money list.
What was Carissa Yip's best World Cup?
The Women's Chess World Cup 2021 in Sochi, where Carissa Yip went out in round 3 and was paid $6,750.
How much did Carissa Yip win at the Women's Chess World Cup 2025?
$6,750. Carissa Yip went out in round 3 in Batumi.
How much did Carissa Yip win at the Women's Chess World Cup 2023?
$5,000. Carissa Yip went out in round 2 in Baku.
How much did Carissa Yip win at the Women's Chess World Cup 2021?
$6,750. Carissa Yip went out in round 3 in Sochi.
How does Carissa Yip compare with the rest of United States?
Carissa Yip won 1.9% of the $998,750 paid to United States's players at World Cups since 2013, 13th of the 38.
Where to next
The World Cups Carissa Yip played, and the players around them
World Cups Carissa Yip played
Around this rank
- Alexei Shirov
- Bobby Cheng
- Lei Tingjie
- Shamsiddin Vokhidov
- Vahap Şanal
- Levan Pantsulaia
- Aleksandar Inđić
- Karthikeyan Murali
- Surya Shekhar Ganguly
- Zhu Jiner
- Andrei Volokitin
- Axel Bachmann
- Emilio Córdova
- Neuris Delgado Ramírez
- Varuzhan Akobian
- Klaudia Kulon
- Bardiya Daneshvar
- Daniel Dardha
- Georg Meier
- Johan-Sebastian Christiansen