S. L. Narayanan prize money
$27,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 3 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2025, where S. L. Narayanan went out in round 3, for $11,000.
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 S. L. Narayanan reached.
S. L. Narayanan at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 in S. L. Narayanan's draw, in order
season running total
S. L. Narayanan was not in the draw for 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021.
Every World Cup S. L. Narayanan was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| World Cup | Host | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess World Cup 2025 | Goa | Round 3 | $11,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2023 | Baku | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2019 | Khanty-Mansiysk | Round 1 | $6,000 |
Where S. L. Narayanan sits on the money list
Ranked 126 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | Jorden van Foreest | Netherlands | 3 | $31,000 |
| 117 | Polina Shuvalova | FIDE flag | 3 | $30,250 |
| 118 | Lázaro Bruzón | Cuba | 3 | $30,000 |
| 119 | Kateryna Lagno | FIDE flag | 3 | $28,500 |
| 120 | Yuriy Kuzubov | Ukraine | 3 | $28,000 |
| 121 | Bella Khotenashvili | Georgia | 3 | $27,500 |
| 122 | Benjámin Gledura | Hungary | 3 | $27,000 |
| 123 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | Romania | 3 | $27,000 |
| 124 | Mustafa Yılmaz | Turkey | 3 | $27,000 |
| 125 | Rauf Mamedov | Azerbaijan | 3 | $27,000 |
| 127 | Alexey Dreev | Russia | 2 | $26,000 |
| 128 | Gadir Guseinov | Azerbaijan | 2 | $26,000 |
| 129 | Hou Yifan | China | 3 | $26,000 |
| 130 | Igor Lysyj | Russia | 3 | $26,000 |
| 131 | Li Chao | China | 2 | $26,000 |
| 132 | Vladimir Malakhov | Russia | 2 | $26,000 |
| 133 | Deysi Cori | Peru | 5 | $25,750 |
| 134 | Vaishali Rameshbabu | India | 3 | $25,750 |
| 135 | Aleksey Grebnev | FIDE flag | 1 | $25,000 |
| 136 | Alexander Morozevich | Russia | 1 | $25,000 |
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 S. L. Narayanan won at the Chess World Cup?
$27,000 across 3 World Cups. That is 126th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.
What was S. L. Narayanan's best World Cup?
The Chess World Cup 2025 in Goa, where S. L. Narayanan went out in round 3 and was paid $11,000.
How much did S. L. Narayanan win at the Chess World Cup 2025?
$11,000. S. L. Narayanan went out in round 3 in Goa.
How much did S. L. Narayanan win at the Chess World Cup 2023?
$10,000. S. L. Narayanan went out in round 3 in Baku.
How much did S. L. Narayanan win at the Chess World Cup 2019?
$6,000. S. L. Narayanan went out in round 1 in Khanty-Mansiysk.
How does S. L. Narayanan compare with the rest of India?
S. L. Narayanan won 2.6% of the $1,043,250 paid to India's players at World Cups since 2013, 12th of the 45.
Where to next
The World Cups S. L. Narayanan played, and the players around them
World Cups S. L. Narayanan played
Around this rank
Other India players
- Vidit Gujrathi
- R Praggnanandhaa
- Pentala Harikrishna
- Arjun Erigaisi
- Divya Deshmukh
- Adhiban Baskaran
- Gukesh Dommaraju
- Koneru Humpy
- Nihal Sarin
- S. P. Sethuraman
- Harika Dronavalli
- Vaishali Rameshbabu
- Aravindh Chithambaram
- Karthik Venkataraman
- Karthikeyan Murali
- Surya Shekhar Ganguly
- Pranav V
- P. Iniyan
- Diptayan Ghosh
- Pranesh M