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Lê Quang Liêm prize money

$111,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 6 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2013, where Lê Quang Liêm went out in round 4, for $25,000.

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 Lê Quang Liêm reached.

PRIZE MONEY $111k
BEST PAYDAY $25k
WORLD CUPS 6
ON THE MONEY LIST 23 of 743

Lê Quang Liêm at each World Cup

Every edition since 2013 in Lê Quang Liêm's draw, in order

6 of 7 played

season running total

Lê Quang Liêm was not in the draw for 2021.

Every World Cup Lê Quang Liêm was paid at

Newest first, with the round reached

World Cup Host Went out Prize
Chess World Cup 2025 Goa Round 5 $25,000
Chess World Cup 2023 Baku Round 3 $10,000
Chess World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk Round 4 $25,000
Chess World Cup 2017 Tbilisi Round 2 $10,000
Chess World Cup 2015 Baku Round 3 $16,000
Chess World Cup 2013 Tromsø Round 4 $25,000

Where Lê Quang Liêm sits on the money list

Ranked 23 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013

# Player Federation World Cups Prize money
13 Fabiano Caruana United States 5 $146,000
14 Anish Giri Netherlands 7 $138,000
15 Wesley So United States 6 $133,000
16 Vladimir Fedoseev Slovenia 6 $126,000
17 Alexander Grischuk FIDE flag 6 $123,000
18 Yu Yangyi China 7 $123,000
19 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 7 $122,000
20 Vidit Gujrathi India 6 $119,000
21 R Praggnanandhaa India 3 $113,000
22 Andrey Esipenko FIDE flag 4 $111,000
24 Vasyl Ivanchuk Ukraine 5 $108,000
25 Nikita Vitiugov England 7 $104,000
26 Daniil Dubov FIDE flag 6 $102,000
27 Evgeny Tomashevsky Russia 5 $102,000
28 Hikaru Nakamura United States 5 $102,000
29 Leinier Domínguez United States 5 $98,000
30 Radosław Wojtaszek Poland 7 $96,000
31 Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE flag 6 $95,000
32 Sam Shankland United States 5 $92,000
33 Aleksandra Goryachkina FIDE flag 3 $90,000

Vietnam's players

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

$160,750 between them

# Player Prize money
01 Lê Quang Liêm $111,000
02 Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn $32,000
03 Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng $3,750
04 Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên $3,750
05 Võ Thị Kim Phụng $3,750
06 Bành Gia Huy $3,500
07 Lê Tuấn Minh $3,000

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Lê Quang Liêm won at the Chess World Cup?

$111,000 across 6 World Cups. That is 23rd of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.

What was Lê Quang Liêm's best World Cup?

The Chess World Cup 2013 in Tromsø, where Lê Quang Liêm went out in round 4 and was paid $25,000.

How much did Lê Quang Liêm win at the Chess World Cup 2025?

$25,000. Lê Quang Liêm went out in round 5 in Goa.

How much did Lê Quang Liêm win at the Chess World Cup 2023?

$10,000. Lê Quang Liêm went out in round 3 in Baku.

How much did Lê Quang Liêm win at the Chess World Cup 2019?

$25,000. Lê Quang Liêm went out in round 4 in Khanty-Mansiysk.

How much did Lê Quang Liêm win at the Chess World Cup 2017?

$10,000. Lê Quang Liêm went out in round 2 in Tbilisi.

How does Lê Quang Liêm compare with the rest of Vietnam?

Lê Quang Liêm won 69.1% of the $160,750 paid to Vietnam's players at World Cups since 2013, 1st of the 7.

Where to next

The World Cups Lê Quang Liêm played, and the players around them