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Sergey Karjakin prize money

$251,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 5 World Cups, including 1 title. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2015, where Sergey Karjakin won the title, for $120,000.

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 Sergey Karjakin reached.

PRIZE MONEY $251k
BEST PAYDAY $120k
WORLD CUPS 5
ON THE MONEY LIST 1 of 743

Sergey Karjakin at each World Cup

Every edition since 2013 in Sergey Karjakin's draw, in order

5 of 7 played

season running total

Sergey Karjakin was not in the draw for 2023, 2025.

Every World Cup Sergey Karjakin was paid at

Newest first, with the round reached

World Cup Host Went out Prize
Chess World Cup 2021 Sochi Runner-up $80,000
Chess World Cup 2019 Khanty-Mansiysk Round 3 $16,000
Chess World Cup 2017 Tbilisi Round 2 $10,000
Chess World Cup 2015 Baku WINNER $120,000
Chess World Cup 2013 Tromsø Round 4 $25,000

Where Sergey Karjakin sits on the money list

Ranked 1 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013

# Player Federation World Cups Prize money
02 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France 7 $247,000
03 Peter Svidler FIDE flag 6 $216,000
04 Levon Aronian United States 6 $212,000
05 Magnus Carlsen Norway 3 $186,000
06 Ding Liren China 3 $185,000
07 Jan-Krzysztof Duda Poland 5 $176,000
08 Wei Yi China 6 $172,000
09 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 5 $162,000
10 Javokhir Sindarov Uzbekistan 3 $152,000
11 Vladimir Kramnik Russia 3 $152,000
319 Monika Soćko Poland 2 $10,000
320 Oliwia Kiołbasa Poland 2 $10,000
321 Padmini Rout India 2 $10,000
322 Rubén Felgaer Argentina 1 $10,000
323 Törmönkhiin Mönkhzul Mongolia 2 $10,000
324 Victor Bologan Moldova 1 $10,000
325 Viktor Láznička Czechia 1 $10,000
326 Viswanathan Anand India 1 $10,000
327 Wen Yang China 1 $10,000
328 Yuri Vovk Ukraine 1 $10,000

Russia's players

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

$2,229,500 between them

# Player Prize money
01 Sergey Karjakin $251,000
02 Peter Svidler $200,000
03 Vladimir Kramnik $152,000
04 Dmitry Andreikin $147,000
05 Alexander Grischuk $117,000
06 Vladimir Fedoseev $105,000
07 Evgeny Tomashevsky $102,000
08 Nikita Vitiugov $87,000
09 Daniil Dubov $67,000
10 Ian Nepomniachtchi $63,000
11 Maxim Matlakov $58,000
12 Vladislav Artemiev $58,000
13 Dmitry Jakovenko $57,000
14 Alexandra Kosteniuk $50,000
15 Evgeniy Najer $47,000
16 Ernesto Inarkiev $36,000
17 Aleksandra Goryachkina $35,000
18 Andrey Esipenko $35,000
19 Kirill Alekseenko $31,000
20 Alexander Motylev $26,000
21 Alexey Dreev $26,000
22 Igor Lysyj $26,000
23 Vladimir Malakhov $26,000
24 Alexander Morozevich $25,000
25 Sanan Sjugirov $22,000
26 Anton Demchenko $20,000
27 Alexandr Predke $16,000
28 Boris Grachev $16,000
29 Daniil Yuffa $16,000
30 Grigoriy Oparin $16,000
31 Pavel Ponkratov $16,000
32 Kateryna Lagno $14,000
33 Valentina Gunina $14,000
34 Aleksey Goganov $12,000
35 Alexey Sarana $12,000
36 Denis Khismatullin $12,000
37 Evgeny Alekseev $12,000
38 Ilia Iljiushenok $12,000
39 Ivan Popov $12,000
40 Aleksandr Rakhmanov $10,000

The top 40 of 67. The rest are on the Russia page.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Sergey Karjakin won at the Chess World Cup?

$251,000 across 5 World Cups. That is 1st of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.

What was Sergey Karjakin's best World Cup?

The Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, where Sergey Karjakin won the title and was paid $120,000.

How much did Sergey Karjakin win at the Chess World Cup 2021?

$80,000. Sergey Karjakin finished runner-up in Sochi.

How much did Sergey Karjakin win at the Chess World Cup 2019?

$16,000. Sergey Karjakin went out in round 3 in Khanty-Mansiysk.

How much did Sergey Karjakin win at the Chess World Cup 2017?

$10,000. Sergey Karjakin went out in round 2 in Tbilisi.

How much did Sergey Karjakin win at the Chess World Cup 2015?

$120,000. Sergey Karjakin won the title in Baku.

How does Sergey Karjakin compare with the rest of Russia?

Sergey Karjakin won 11.3% of the $2,229,500 paid to Russia's players at World Cups since 2013, 1st of the 67.

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