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Nikita Vitiugov prize money

$104,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 7 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2019, where Nikita Vitiugov 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 Nikita Vitiugov reached.

PRIZE MONEY $104k
BEST PAYDAY $35k
WORLD CUPS 7
ON THE MONEY LIST 25 of 743

Nikita Vitiugov at each World Cup

Every edition since 2013 in Nikita Vitiugov's draw, in order

7 of 7 played

season running total

Every World Cup Nikita Vitiugov was paid at

Newest first, with the round reached

World Cup Host Went out Prize
Chess World Cup 2025 for England Goa Round 2 $7,000
Chess World Cup 2023 for FIDE flag Baku Round 3 $10,000
Chess World Cup 2021 for Russia Sochi Round 4 $16,000
Chess World Cup 2019 for Russia Khanty-Mansiysk Quarter-finals $35,000
Chess World Cup 2017 for Russia Tbilisi Round 2 $10,000
Chess World Cup 2015 for Russia Baku Round 2 $10,000
Chess World Cup 2013 for Russia Tromsø Round 3 $16,000

Nikita Vitiugov has played World Cups for Russia and then FIDE flag and then England. Each edition's money is counted to the federation Nikita Vitiugov played for that year.

Where Nikita Vitiugov sits on the money list

Ranked 25 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013

# Player Federation World Cups Prize money
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
23 Lê Quang Liêm Vietnam 6 $111,000
24 Vasyl Ivanchuk Ukraine 5 $108,000
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
34 Wang Hao China 5 $86,000
35 Anton Korobov Ukraine 5 $81,000

England's players

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

$123,000 between them

# Player Prize money
01 Michael Adams $62,000
02 Gawain Maroroa Jones $22,000
03 David Howell $16,000
04 Luke McShane $10,000
05 Nikita Vitiugov $7,000
06 Ravi Haria $6,000

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Nikita Vitiugov won at the Chess World Cup?

$104,000 across 7 World Cups. That is 25th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.

What was Nikita Vitiugov's best World Cup?

The Chess World Cup 2019 in Khanty-Mansiysk, where Nikita Vitiugov reached the quarter-finals and was paid $35,000.

How much did Nikita Vitiugov win at the Chess World Cup 2025?

$7,000. Nikita Vitiugov went out in round 2 in Goa.

How much did Nikita Vitiugov win at the Chess World Cup 2023?

$10,000. Nikita Vitiugov went out in round 3 in Baku.

How much did Nikita Vitiugov win at the Chess World Cup 2021?

$16,000. Nikita Vitiugov went out in round 4 in Sochi.

How much did Nikita Vitiugov win at the Chess World Cup 2019?

$35,000. Nikita Vitiugov reached the quarter-finals in Khanty-Mansiysk.

How does Nikita Vitiugov compare with the rest of England?

Nikita Vitiugov won 5.7% of the $123,000 paid to England's players at World Cups since 2013, 5th of the 6.

Where to next

The World Cups Nikita Vitiugov played, and the players around them

World Cups Nikita Vitiugov played

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