Gukesh Dommaraju prize money
$52,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 3 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2023, where Gukesh Dommaraju 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 Gukesh Dommaraju reached.
Gukesh Dommaraju at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 in Gukesh Dommaraju's draw, in order
season running total
Gukesh Dommaraju was not in the draw for 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019.
Every World Cup Gukesh Dommaraju was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| World Cup | Host | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess World Cup 2025 | Goa | Round 3 | $11,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2023 | Baku | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2021 | Sochi | Round 2 | $6,000 |
Where Gukesh Dommaraju sits on the money list
Ranked 62 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 61 | Ivan Cheparinov | Bulgaria | 6 | $53,000 |
| 63 | Maxim Rodshtein | Israel | 4 | $52,000 |
| 64 | Richárd Rapport | Hungary | 2 | $52,000 |
| 65 | Anna Muzychuk | Ukraine | 3 | $51,750 |
| 66 | Alexander Areshchenko | Ukraine | 4 | $48,000 |
| 67 | Baadur Jobava | Georgia | 4 | $48,000 |
| 68 | Kacper Piorun | Poland | 5 | $47,000 |
| 69 | Matthias Blübaum | Germany | 4 | $47,000 |
| 70 | Alexander Donchenko | Germany | 2 | $45,000 |
| 71 | Nurgyul Salimova | Bulgaria | 3 | $45,000 |
| 72 | Koneru Humpy | India | 2 | $44,500 |
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 Gukesh Dommaraju won at the Chess World Cup?
$52,000 across 3 World Cups. That is 62nd of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.
What was Gukesh Dommaraju's best World Cup?
The Chess World Cup 2023 in Baku, where Gukesh Dommaraju reached the quarter-finals and was paid $35,000.
How much did Gukesh Dommaraju win at the Chess World Cup 2025?
$11,000. Gukesh Dommaraju went out in round 3 in Goa.
How much did Gukesh Dommaraju win at the Chess World Cup 2023?
$35,000. Gukesh Dommaraju reached the quarter-finals in Baku.
How much did Gukesh Dommaraju win at the Chess World Cup 2021?
$6,000. Gukesh Dommaraju went out in round 2 in Sochi.
How does Gukesh Dommaraju compare with the rest of India?
Gukesh Dommaraju won 5% of the $1,043,250 paid to India's players at World Cups since 2013, 7th of the 45.
Where to next
The World Cups Gukesh Dommaraju played, and the players around them
World Cups Gukesh Dommaraju played
Around this rank
Other India players
- Vidit Gujrathi
- R Praggnanandhaa
- Pentala Harikrishna
- Arjun Erigaisi
- Divya Deshmukh
- Adhiban Baskaran
- 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