Vidit Gujrathi prize money
$119,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 6 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2021, where Vidit Gujrathi 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 Vidit Gujrathi reached.
Vidit Gujrathi at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 in Vidit Gujrathi's draw, in order
season running total
Vidit Gujrathi was not in the draw for 2013.
Every World Cup Vidit Gujrathi 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 | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2021 | Sochi | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2019 | Khanty-Mansiysk | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2017 | Tbilisi | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2015 | Baku | Round 1 | $6,000 |
Where Vidit Gujrathi sits on the money list
Ranked 20 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Javokhir Sindarov | Uzbekistan | 3 | $152,000 |
| 11 | Vladimir Kramnik | Russia | 3 | $152,000 |
| 12 | Dmitry Andreikin | Russia | 5 | $147,000 |
| 13 | Fabiano Caruana | United States | 5 | $146,000 |
| 14 | Anish Giri | Netherlands | 7 | $138,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 25 | Nikita Vitiugov | England | 7 | $104,000 |
| 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 |
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 Vidit Gujrathi won at the Chess World Cup?
$119,000 across 6 World Cups. That is 20th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.
What was Vidit Gujrathi's best World Cup?
The Chess World Cup 2021 in Sochi, where Vidit Gujrathi reached the quarter-finals and was paid $35,000.
How much did Vidit Gujrathi win at the Chess World Cup 2025?
$11,000. Vidit Gujrathi went out in round 3 in Goa.
How much did Vidit Gujrathi win at the Chess World Cup 2023?
$35,000. Vidit Gujrathi reached the quarter-finals in Baku.
How much did Vidit Gujrathi win at the Chess World Cup 2021?
$35,000. Vidit Gujrathi reached the quarter-finals in Sochi.
How much did Vidit Gujrathi win at the Chess World Cup 2019?
$16,000. Vidit Gujrathi went out in round 3 in Khanty-Mansiysk.
How does Vidit Gujrathi compare with the rest of India?
Vidit Gujrathi won 11.4% of the $1,043,250 paid to India's players at World Cups since 2013, 1st of the 45.
Where to next
The World Cups Vidit Gujrathi played, and the players around them
World Cups Vidit Gujrathi played
Around this rank
- Javokhir Sindarov
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Dmitry Andreikin
- Fabiano Caruana
- Anish Giri
- Wesley So
- Vladimir Fedoseev
- Alexander Grischuk
- Yu Yangyi
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
- R Praggnanandhaa
- Andrey Esipenko
- Lê Quang Liêm
- Vasyl Ivanchuk
- Nikita Vitiugov
- Daniil Dubov
- Evgeny Tomashevsky
- Hikaru Nakamura
- Leinier Domínguez
- Radosław Wojtaszek
Other India players
- R Praggnanandhaa
- Pentala Harikrishna
- 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