Pentala Harikrishna prize money
$77,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 5 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2025, where Pentala Harikrishna went out in round 5, 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 Pentala Harikrishna reached.
Pentala Harikrishna at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 in Pentala Harikrishna's draw, in order
season running total
Pentala Harikrishna was not in the draw for 2013, 2023.
Every World Cup Pentala Harikrishna 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 2021 | Sochi | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2019 | Khanty-Mansiysk | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2017 | Tbilisi | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2015 | Baku | Round 2 | $10,000 |
Where Pentala Harikrishna sits on the money list
Ranked 38 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 36 | Étienne Bacrot | France | 5 | $78,000 |
| 37 | Nijat Abasov | Azerbaijan | 4 | $77,000 |
| 39 | Pavel Eljanov | Ukraine | 3 | $72,000 |
| 40 | Arjun Erigaisi | India | 2 | $70,000 |
| 41 | Tan Zhongyi | China | 3 | $70,000 |
| 42 | David Navara | Czechia | 7 | $69,000 |
| 43 | Vladislav Artemiev | FIDE flag | 5 | $69,000 |
| 44 | Jeffery Xiong | United States | 4 | $68,000 |
| 45 | Boris Gelfand | Israel | 6 | $67,000 |
| 46 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Switzerland | 3 | $66,250 |
| 47 | Michael Adams | England | 5 | $62,000 |
| 48 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | Uzbekistan | 3 | $62,000 |
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 Pentala Harikrishna won at the Chess World Cup?
$77,000 across 5 World Cups. That is 38th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.
What was Pentala Harikrishna's best World Cup?
The Chess World Cup 2025 in Goa, where Pentala Harikrishna went out in round 5 and was paid $25,000.
How much did Pentala Harikrishna win at the Chess World Cup 2025?
$25,000. Pentala Harikrishna went out in round 5 in Goa.
How much did Pentala Harikrishna win at the Chess World Cup 2021?
$16,000. Pentala Harikrishna went out in round 4 in Sochi.
How much did Pentala Harikrishna win at the Chess World Cup 2019?
$16,000. Pentala Harikrishna went out in round 3 in Khanty-Mansiysk.
How much did Pentala Harikrishna win at the Chess World Cup 2017?
$10,000. Pentala Harikrishna went out in round 2 in Tbilisi.
How does Pentala Harikrishna compare with the rest of India?
Pentala Harikrishna won 7.4% of the $1,043,250 paid to India's players at World Cups since 2013, 3rd of the 45.
Where to next
The World Cups Pentala Harikrishna played, and the players around them
World Cups Pentala Harikrishna played
Around this rank
Other India players
- Vidit Gujrathi
- R Praggnanandhaa
- Arjun Erigaisi
- Divya Deshmukh
- Adhiban Baskaran
- Gukesh Dommaraju
- 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