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UNITED STATES · NO. 83 ON THE MONEY LIST

Gata Kamsky prize money

$41,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 2 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2013, where Gata Kamsky reached the quarter-finals, for $35,000.

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 Gata Kamsky reached.

PRIZE MONEY $41k
BEST PAYDAY $35k
WORLD CUPS 2
ON THE MONEY LIST 83 of 743

Gata Kamsky at each World Cup

Every edition since 2013 in Gata Kamsky's draw, in order

2 of 7 played

season running total

Gata Kamsky was not in the draw for 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025.

Every World Cup Gata Kamsky was paid at

Newest first, with the round reached

World Cup Host Went out Prize
Chess World Cup 2015 Baku Round 1 $6,000
Chess World Cup 2013 Tromsø Quarter-finals $35,000

Where Gata Kamsky sits on the money list

Ranked 83 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013

# Player Federation World Cups Prize money
73 Aryan Tari Norway 5 $43,000
74 Nihal Sarin India 4 $43,000
75 Peter Leko Hungary 3 $43,000
76 Vasif Durarbayli Azerbaijan 4 $43,000
77 Alexander Onischuk United States 4 $42,000
78 Francisco Vallejo Pons Spain 4 $42,000
79 Kirill Alekseenko Austria 3 $42,000
80 Alexandr Fier Brazil 6 $41,000
81 David Antón Guijarro Spain 6 $41,000
82 Gabriel Sargissian Armenia 3 $41,000
84 José Martínez Alcántara Mexico 2 $41,000
85 Julio Granda Peru 2 $41,000
86 Jorge Cori Peru 5 $39,000
87 Nana Dzagnidze Georgia 4 $39,000
88 Nodirbek Abdusattorov Uzbekistan 4 $39,000
89 Ray Robson United States 4 $39,000
90 Bu Xiangzhi China 3 $38,000
91 Eltaj Safarli Azerbaijan 4 $38,000
92 Rinat Jumabayev Kazakhstan 4 $38,000
93 Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine 4 $38,000

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 Gata Kamsky won at the Chess World Cup?

$41,000 across 2 World Cups. That is 83rd of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.

What was Gata Kamsky's best World Cup?

The Chess World Cup 2013 in Tromsø, where Gata Kamsky reached the quarter-finals and was paid $35,000.

How much did Gata Kamsky win at the Chess World Cup 2015?

$6,000. Gata Kamsky went out in round 1 in Baku.

How much did Gata Kamsky win at the Chess World Cup 2013?

$35,000. Gata Kamsky reached the quarter-finals in Tromsø.

How does Gata Kamsky compare with the rest of United States?

Gata Kamsky won 4.1% of the $998,750 paid to United States's players at World Cups since 2013, 9th of the 38.

Where to next

The World Cups Gata Kamsky played, and the players around them

World Cups Gata Kamsky played

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