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Karthik Venkataraman 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 Karthik Venkataraman 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 Karthik Venkataraman reached.

PRIZE MONEY $23k
BEST PAYDAY $17k
WORLD CUPS 2
ON THE MONEY LIST 147 of 743

Karthik Venkataraman at each World Cup

Every edition since 2013 in Karthik Venkataraman's draw, in order

2 of 7 played

season running total

Karthik Venkataraman was not in the draw for 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021.

Every World Cup Karthik Venkataraman 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 Karthik Venkataraman sits on the money list

Ranked 147 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013

# Player Federation World Cups Prize money
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
144 Awonder Liang United States 2 $23,000
145 Daniil Yuffa Spain 2 $23,000
146 Grigoriy Oparin United States 3 $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
155 Alireza Firouzja France 2 $22,000
156 Benjamin Bok Netherlands 3 $22,000
157 Daniele Vocaturo Italy 2 $22,000

India's players

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

$1,043,250 between them

# 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 Karthik Venkataraman won at the Chess World Cup?

$23,000 across 2 World Cups. That is 147th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.

What was Karthik Venkataraman's best World Cup?

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

How much did Karthik Venkataraman win at the Chess World Cup 2025?

$17,000. Karthik Venkataraman went out in round 4 in Goa.

How much did Karthik Venkataraman win at the Chess World Cup 2023?

$6,000. Karthik Venkataraman went out in round 2 in Baku.

How does Karthik Venkataraman compare with the rest of India?

Karthik Venkataraman won 2.2% of the $1,043,250 paid to India's players at World Cups since 2013, 15th of the 45.

Where to next

The World Cups Karthik Venkataraman played, and the players around them

World Cups Karthik Venkataraman played

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