Divya Deshmukh prize money
$60,250 in Chess World Cup prize money across 3 World Cups, including 1 title. The best of them was the Women's Chess World Cup 2025, where Divya Deshmukh won the title, for $50,000.
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 Divya Deshmukh reached.
Divya Deshmukh at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 open to Divya Deshmukh's draw, in order
season running total
Divya Deshmukh was not in the draw for Women's 2021.
Every World Cup Divya Deshmukh was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| World Cup | Host | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess World Cup 2025 | Goa | Round 1 | $3,500 |
| Women's Chess World Cup 2025 | Batumi | WINNER | $50,000 |
| Women's Chess World Cup 2023 | Baku | Round 3 | $6,750 |
$56,750 of the total came from the Women's World Cup and $3,500 from the open event.
Where Divya Deshmukh sits on the money list
Ranked 50 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Arjun Erigaisi | India | 2 | $70,000 |
| 41 | Tan Zhongyi | China | 3 | $70,000 |
| 42 | David Navara | Czechia | 7 | $69,000 |
| 43 | Vladislav Artemiev | FIDE flag | 5 | $69,000 |
| 44 | Jeffery Xiong | United States | 4 | $68,000 |
| 45 | Boris Gelfand | Israel | 6 | $67,000 |
| 46 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Switzerland | 3 | $66,250 |
| 47 | Michael Adams | England | 5 | $62,000 |
| 48 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | Uzbekistan | 3 | $62,000 |
| 49 | Samuel Sevian | United States | 5 | $61,000 |
| 51 | Adhiban Baskaran | India | 6 | $58,000 |
| 52 | Evgeniy Najer | FIDE flag | 5 | $58,000 |
| 53 | Maxim Matlakov | Russia | 5 | $58,000 |
| 54 | Nils Grandelius | Sweden | 4 | $58,000 |
| 55 | Salem Saleh | United Arab Emirates | 5 | $58,000 |
| 56 | Dmitry Jakovenko | Russia | 4 | $57,000 |
| 57 | Amin Tabatabaei | Iran | 3 | $55,000 |
| 58 | Bassem Amin | Egypt | 7 | $55,000 |
| 59 | Parham Maghsoodloo | Iran | 5 | $55,000 |
| 60 | Alexey Sarana | Serbia | 4 | $54,000 |
India's players
Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for India, by what they won for it
| # | Player | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Vidit Gujrathi | $119,000 |
| 02 | R Praggnanandhaa | $113,000 |
| 03 | Pentala Harikrishna | $77,000 |
| 04 | Arjun Erigaisi | $70,000 |
| 05 | Divya Deshmukh | $60,250 |
| 06 | Adhiban Baskaran | $58,000 |
| 07 | Gukesh Dommaraju | $52,000 |
| 08 | Koneru Humpy | $44,500 |
| 09 | Nihal Sarin | $43,000 |
| 10 | S. P. Sethuraman | $38,000 |
| 11 | Harika Dronavalli | $34,750 |
| 12 | S. L. Narayanan | $27,000 |
| 13 | Vaishali Rameshbabu | $25,750 |
| 14 | Aravindh Chithambaram | $23,000 |
| 15 | Karthik Venkataraman | $23,000 |
| 16 | Karthikeyan Murali | $19,000 |
| 17 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly | $19,000 |
| 18 | Pranav V | $17,000 |
| 19 | P. Iniyan | $13,000 |
| 20 | Diptayan Ghosh | $11,000 |
| 21 | Pranesh M | $11,000 |
| 22 | Krishnan Sasikiran | $10,000 |
| 23 | Padmini Rout | $10,000 |
| 24 | Viswanathan Anand | $10,000 |
| 25 | M. R. Lalith Babu | $9,500 |
| 26 | P. V. Nandhidhaa | $8,750 |
| 27 | Aronyak Ghosh | $7,000 |
| 28 | Raunak Sadhwani | $7,000 |
| 29 | Mary Ann Gomes | $6,750 |
| 30 | Vantika Agrawal | $6,750 |
| 31 | Abhijeet Gupta | $6,000 |
| 32 | Abhimanyu Puranik | $6,000 |
| 33 | Deep Sengupta | $6,000 |
| 34 | G. Akash | $6,000 |
| 35 | Parimarjan Negi | $6,000 |
| 36 | Bhakti Kulkarni | $5,000 |
| 37 | Nutakki Priyanka | $5,000 |
| 38 | Priyanka K | $5,000 |
| 39 | Kiran Manisha Mohanty | $3,750 |
| 40 | Harshavardhan G. B. | $3,500 |
The top 40 of 45. The rest are on the India page.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Divya Deshmukh won at the Chess World Cup?
$60,250 across 3 World Cups. That is 50th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013, and 4th on the Women's World Cup money list.
What was Divya Deshmukh's best World Cup?
The Women's Chess World Cup 2025 in Batumi, where Divya Deshmukh won the title and was paid $50,000.
How much did Divya Deshmukh win at the Chess World Cup 2025?
$3,500. Divya Deshmukh went out in round 1 in Goa.
How much did Divya Deshmukh win at the Women's Chess World Cup 2025?
$50,000. Divya Deshmukh won the title in Batumi.
How much did Divya Deshmukh win at the Women's Chess World Cup 2023?
$6,750. Divya Deshmukh went out in round 3 in Baku.
How does Divya Deshmukh compare with the rest of India?
Divya Deshmukh won 5.8% of the $1,043,250 paid to India's players at World Cups since 2013, 5th of the 45.
Where to next
The World Cups Divya Deshmukh played, and the players around them
World Cups Divya Deshmukh played
Around this rank
Other India players
- Vidit Gujrathi
- R Praggnanandhaa
- Pentala Harikrishna
- Arjun Erigaisi
- Adhiban Baskaran
- Gukesh Dommaraju
- Koneru Humpy
- Nihal Sarin
- S. P. Sethuraman
- Harika Dronavalli
- S. L. Narayanan
- Vaishali Rameshbabu
- Aravindh Chithambaram
- Karthik Venkataraman
- Karthikeyan Murali
- Surya Shekhar Ganguly
- Pranav V
- P. Iniyan
- Diptayan Ghosh
- Pranesh M