Ray Robson prize money
$39,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 4 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2023, where Ray Robson went out in round 4, for $16,000.
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 Ray Robson reached.
Ray Robson at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 in Ray Robson's draw, in order
season running total
Ray Robson was not in the draw for 2017, 2019, 2021.
Every World Cup Ray Robson was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| World Cup | Host | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess World Cup 2025 | Goa | Round 2 | $7,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2023 | Baku | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2015 | Baku | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2013 | Tromsø | Round 2 | $10,000 |
Where Ray Robson sits on the money list
Ranked 89 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Kirill Alekseenko | Austria | 3 | $42,000 |
| 80 | Alexandr Fier | Brazil | 6 | $41,000 |
| 81 | David Antón Guijarro | Spain | 6 | $41,000 |
| 82 | Gabriel Sargissian | Armenia | 3 | $41,000 |
| 83 | Gata Kamsky | United States | 2 | $41,000 |
| 84 | José Martínez Alcántara | Mexico | 2 | $41,000 |
| 85 | Julio Granda | Peru | 2 | $41,000 |
| 86 | Jorge Cori | Peru | 5 | $39,000 |
| 87 | Nana Dzagnidze | Georgia | 4 | $39,000 |
| 88 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Uzbekistan | 4 | $39,000 |
| 90 | Bu Xiangzhi | China | 3 | $38,000 |
| 91 | Eltaj Safarli | Azerbaijan | 4 | $38,000 |
| 92 | Rinat Jumabayev | Kazakhstan | 4 | $38,000 |
| 93 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Ukraine | 4 | $38,000 |
| 94 | S. P. Sethuraman | India | 3 | $38,000 |
| 95 | Velimir Ivić | Serbia | 3 | $38,000 |
| 96 | Ferenc Berkes | Hungary | 3 | $37,000 |
| 97 | Ernesto Inarkiev | Russia | 4 | $36,000 |
| 98 | Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra | Chile | 5 | $35,000 |
| 99 | Ivan Šarić | Croatia | 5 | $35,000 |
United States's players
Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for United States, by what they won for it
| # | 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 Ray Robson won at the Chess World Cup?
$39,000 across 4 World Cups. That is 89th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.
What was Ray Robson's best World Cup?
The Chess World Cup 2023 in Baku, where Ray Robson went out in round 4 and was paid $16,000.
How much did Ray Robson win at the Chess World Cup 2025?
$7,000. Ray Robson went out in round 2 in Goa.
How much did Ray Robson win at the Chess World Cup 2023?
$16,000. Ray Robson went out in round 4 in Baku.
How much did Ray Robson win at the Chess World Cup 2015?
$6,000. Ray Robson went out in round 1 in Baku.
How much did Ray Robson win at the Chess World Cup 2013?
$10,000. Ray Robson went out in round 2 in Tromsø.
How does Ray Robson compare with the rest of United States?
Ray Robson won 3.9% of the $998,750 paid to United States's players at World Cups since 2013, 10th of the 38.
Where to next
The World Cups Ray Robson played, and the players around them
World Cups Ray Robson played
Around this rank
- Kirill Alekseenko
- Alexandr Fier
- David Antón Guijarro
- Gabriel Sargissian
- Gata Kamsky
- José Martínez Alcántara
- Julio Granda
- Jorge Cori
- Nana Dzagnidze
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov
- Bu Xiangzhi
- Eltaj Safarli
- Rinat Jumabayev
- Ruslan Ponomariov
- S. P. Sethuraman
- Velimir Ivić
- Ferenc Berkes
- Ernesto Inarkiev
- Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra
- Ivan Šarić