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Leinier Domínguez prize money

$98,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 5 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2023, where Leinier Domínguez 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 Leinier Domínguez reached.

PRIZE MONEY $98k
BEST PAYDAY $35k
WORLD CUPS 5
ON THE MONEY LIST 29 of 743

Leinier Domínguez at each World Cup

Every edition since 2013 in Leinier Domínguez's draw, in order

5 of 7 played

season running total

Leinier Domínguez was not in the draw for 2017, 2025.

Every World Cup Leinier Domínguez was paid at

Newest first, with the round reached

World Cup Host Went out Prize
Chess World Cup 2023 for United States Baku Quarter-finals $35,000
Chess World Cup 2021 for United States Sochi Round 2 $6,000
Chess World Cup 2019 for United States Khanty-Mansiysk Round 4 $25,000
Chess World Cup 2015 for Cuba Baku Round 3 $16,000
Chess World Cup 2013 for Cuba Tromsø Round 3 $16,000

Leinier Domínguez has played World Cups for Cuba and then United States. Each edition's money is counted to the federation Leinier Domínguez played for that year.

Where Leinier Domínguez sits on the money list

Ranked 29 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013

# Player Federation World Cups Prize money
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
23 Lê Quang Liêm Vietnam 6 $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
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
34 Wang Hao China 5 $86,000
35 Anton Korobov Ukraine 5 $81,000
36 Étienne Bacrot France 5 $78,000
37 Nijat Abasov Azerbaijan 4 $77,000
38 Pentala Harikrishna India 5 $77,000
39 Pavel Eljanov Ukraine 3 $72,000

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 Leinier Domínguez won at the Chess World Cup?

$98,000 across 5 World Cups. That is 29th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.

What was Leinier Domínguez's best World Cup?

The Chess World Cup 2023 in Baku, where Leinier Domínguez reached the quarter-finals and was paid $35,000.

How much did Leinier Domínguez win at the Chess World Cup 2023?

$35,000. Leinier Domínguez reached the quarter-finals in Baku.

How much did Leinier Domínguez win at the Chess World Cup 2021?

$6,000. Leinier Domínguez went out in round 2 in Sochi.

How much did Leinier Domínguez win at the Chess World Cup 2019?

$25,000. Leinier Domínguez went out in round 4 in Khanty-Mansiysk.

How much did Leinier Domínguez win at the Chess World Cup 2015?

$16,000. Leinier Domínguez went out in round 3 in Baku.

How does Leinier Domínguez compare with the rest of United States?

Leinier Domínguez won 6.6% of the $998,750 paid to United States's players at World Cups since 2013, 6th of the 38.

Where to next

The World Cups Leinier Domínguez played, and the players around them