CHESS · WORLD CUP · TBILISI
Chess World Cup 2017 prize money
$1,600,000 paid to all 128 players in Tbilisi, 2 September 2017 to 27 September 2017. Levon Aronian won it and was paid $120,000, and the 64 players out in the first round were paid $6,000 each.
PAID OUT $1.6m
THE WINNER $120,000
PLAYERS PAID 128
FIRST ROUND $6,000
What each round paid
One player's prize for going out at each stage
| Went out | Players | Each | Between them |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINNER | 1 | $120,000 | $120,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 | $80,000 | $80,000 |
| Semi-finals | 2 | $50,000 | $100,000 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 | $35,000 | $140,000 |
| Round 4 | 8 | $25,000 | $200,000 |
| Round 3 | 16 | $16,000 | $256,000 |
| Round 2 | 32 | $10,000 | $320,000 |
| Round 1 | 64 | $6,000 | $384,000 |
Where the money went, round by round
The first round cost FIDE $384,000, 24% of the pot, against 7.5% for the winner. A knockout pays its first-round losers more between them than it pays its champion, because there are so many more of them.
Every player paid in Tbilisi
All 128 players, by what they won
| Player | Federation | Went out | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levon Aronian | Armenia | Winner | $120,000 |
| Ding Liren | China | Runner-up | $80,000 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | Semi-finals | $50,000 |
| Wesley So | United States | Semi-finals | $50,000 |
| Peter Svidler | Russia | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Richárd Rapport | Hungary | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Vasyl Ivanchuk | Ukraine | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Vladimir Fedoseev | Russia | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Alexander Grischuk | Russia | Round 4 | $25,000 |
| Anish Giri | Netherlands | Round 4 | $25,000 |
| Baadur Jobava | Georgia | Round 4 | $25,000 |
| Bu Xiangzhi | China | Round 4 | $25,000 |
| Daniil Dubov | Russia | Round 4 | $25,000 |
| Evgeniy Najer | Russia | Round 4 | $25,000 |
| Maxim Rodshtein | Israel | Round 4 | $25,000 |
| Wang Hao | China | Round 4 | $25,000 |
| Aleksandr Lenderman | United States | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Alexander Onischuk | United States | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Anton Kovalyov | Canada | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| David Navara | Czechia | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Fabiano Caruana | United States | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | Spain | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | United States | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | Russia | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Li Chao | China | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Magnus Carlsen | Norway | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Maxim Matlakov | Russia | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| S. P. Sethuraman | India | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Vidit Gujrathi | India | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Vladimir Kramnik | Russia | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Vladislav Artemiev | Russia | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Yuriy Kuzubov | Ukraine | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Adhiban Baskaran | India | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Alexander Motylev | Russia | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Alexey Dreev | Russia | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Anton Demchenko | Russia | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Aryan Tari | Norway | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Boris Gelfand | Israel | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Boris Grachev | Russia | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Dmitry Andreikin | Russia | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Ernesto Inarkiev | Russia | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Étienne Bacrot | France | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Evgeny Tomashevsky | Russia | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Hou Yifan | China | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Ivan Cheparinov | Bulgaria | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Poland | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Jorge Cori | Peru | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Lázaro Bruzón | Cuba | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Lê Quang Liêm | Vietnam | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Luka Lenič | Slovenia | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Martyn Kravtsiv | Ukraine | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Matthias Blübaum | Germany | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Michael Adams | England | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Nikita Vitiugov | Russia | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Pentala Harikrishna | India | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Radosław Wojtaszek | Poland | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Samuel Sevian | United States | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Sergey Karjakin | Russia | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Teimour Radjabov | Azerbaijan | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Viktor Erdős | Hungary | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Viswanathan Anand | India | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Wei Yi | China | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Yu Yangyi | China | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Abdullah Al Rakib | Bangladesh | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Aleksej Aleksandrov | Belarus | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Aleksey Goganov | Russia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Alexander Areshchenko | Ukraine | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Alexandr Fier | Brazil | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Amir Reza Pourramezanali | Iran | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Anton Smirnov | Australia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Axel Bachmann | Paraguay | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Bassem Amin | Egypt | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Bator Sambuev | Canada | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Benjamin Bok | Netherlands | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Dai Changren | China | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Daniel Cawdery | South Africa | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Daniel Fridman | Germany | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| David Antón Guijarro | Spain | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| David Howell | England | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Deep Sengupta | India | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Diego Flores | Argentina | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Dimitrios Mastrovasilis | Greece | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Emilio Córdova | Peru | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Essam El-Gindy | Egypt | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Felipe El Debs | Brazil | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Gawain Maroroa Jones | England | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Helgi Dam Ziska | Faroe Islands | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Hrant Melkumyan | Armenia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Igor Kovalenko | Latvia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Iván Salgado López | Spain | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Jakhongir Vakhidov | Uzbekistan | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Jeffery Xiong | United States | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Jóhann Hjartarson | Iceland | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Joshua Ruiz | Colombia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Julio Sadorra | Philippines | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Kacper Piorun | Poland | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Kaido Külaots | Estonia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Karthikeyan Murali | India | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Kenny Solomon | South Africa | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Kirill Stupak | Belarus | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Laurent Fressinet | France | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Leandro Krysa | Argentina | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Levan Pantsulaia | Georgia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Liu Guanchu | China | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | Germany | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Mikhail Antipov | Russia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Mikheil Mchedlishvili | Georgia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Mladen Palac | Croatia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Mohamed Haddouche | Algeria | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Muhammad Khusenkhojaev | Tajikistan | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Murtas Kazhgaleyev | Kazakhstan | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Nana Dzagnidze | Georgia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Neuris Delgado Ramírez | Paraguay | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | Vietnam | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Oluwafemi Balogun | Nigeria | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Pavel Eljanov | Ukraine | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Robert Hovhannisyan | Armenia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Ruslan Ponomariov | Ukraine | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Sandro Mareco | Argentina | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Sergei Zhigalko | Belarus | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Tsegmediin Batchuluun | Mongolia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Varuzhan Akobian | United States | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Vitaly Kunin | Germany | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Yaroslav Zherebukh | United States | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Yeoh Li Tian | Malaysia | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Yuri González Vidal | Cuba | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Yusnel Bacallao Alonso | Cuba | Round 1 | $6,000 |
The two beaten semi-finalists were paid the same, because there was no match for third place until 2019.
Chess World Cup 2017 by federation
What each federation's players took home
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money was there at the Chess World Cup 2017?
$1,600,000, paid to all 128 players in Tbilisi from 2 September 2017 to 27 September 2017.
How much did Levon Aronian win at the Chess World Cup 2017?
$120,000, 7.5% of the pot. Ding Liren was paid $80,000 as runner-up.
How much did a first-round loser get at the Chess World Cup 2017?
$6,000. 64 players went out in the first round, and they took $384,000 between them, 24% of the pot.
Did the Chess World Cup 2017 pay more than 2015?
No. Both paid $1,600,000.
Which country won the most at the Chess World Cup 2017?
Russia, whose 20 players took $311,000 between them.
Where to next
The players paid in Tbilisi, and every other World Cup
Paid in Tbilisi
- Levon Aronian
- Ding Liren
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
- Wesley So
- Peter Svidler
- Richárd Rapport
- Vasyl Ivanchuk
- Vladimir Fedoseev
- Alexander Grischuk
- Anish Giri
- Baadur Jobava
- Bu Xiangzhi
- Daniil Dubov
- Evgeniy Najer
- Maxim Rodshtein
- Wang Hao
- Aleksandr Lenderman
- Alexander Onischuk
- Anton Kovalyov
- David Navara
- Fabiano Caruana
- Francisco Vallejo Pons
- Hikaru Nakamura
- Ian Nepomniachtchi
- Li Chao
- Magnus Carlsen
- Maxim Matlakov
- S. P. Sethuraman
- Vidit Gujrathi
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Vladislav Artemiev
- Yuriy Kuzubov
- Adhiban Baskaran
- Alexander Motylev
- Alexey Dreev
- Anton Demchenko
- Aryan Tari
- Boris Gelfand
- Boris Grachev
- Dmitry Andreikin
- Ernesto Inarkiev
- Étienne Bacrot
- Evgeny Tomashevsky
- Hou Yifan
- Ivan Cheparinov
- Jan-Krzysztof Duda
- Jorge Cori
- Lázaro Bruzón
- Lê Quang Liêm
- Luka Lenič
- Martyn Kravtsiv
- Matthias Blübaum
- Michael Adams
- Nikita Vitiugov
- Pentala Harikrishna
- Radosław Wojtaszek
- Samuel Sevian
- Sergey Karjakin
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
- Teimour Radjabov
- Viktor Erdős
- Viswanathan Anand
- Wei Yi
- Yu Yangyi
- Aleksej Aleksandrov
- Aleksey Goganov
- Alexander Areshchenko
- Alexandr Fier
- Axel Bachmann
- Bassem Amin
- Bator Sambuev
- Benjamin Bok
- Daniel Fridman
- David Antón Guijarro
- David Howell
- Diego Flores
- Dimitrios Mastrovasilis
- Emilio Córdova
- Essam El-Gindy
- Gawain Maroroa Jones
- Helgi Dam Ziska
- Hrant Melkumyan
- Igor Kovalenko
- Jakhongir Vakhidov
- Jeffery Xiong
- Kacper Piorun
- Karthikeyan Murali
- Laurent Fressinet
- Levan Pantsulaia
- Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
- Mikhail Antipov
- Mikheil Mchedlishvili
- Nana Dzagnidze
- Neuris Delgado Ramírez
- Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn
- Pavel Eljanov
- Robert Hovhannisyan
- Ruslan Ponomariov
- Sandro Mareco
- Sergei Zhigalko
- Varuzhan Akobian
- Yaroslav Zherebukh
- Yuri González Vidal
Every other World Cup
Federations
- Russia
- China
- United States
- Armenia
- Ukraine
- India
- France
- Hungary
- Georgia
- Israel
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Germany
- Norway
- Poland
- Canada
- Cuba
- England
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Argentina
- Czechia
- Peru
- Vietnam
- Brazil
- Paraguay
- Egypt
- Bulgaria
- Slovenia
- Bangladesh
- Iran
- Australia
- Greece
- Faroe Islands
- Latvia
- Uzbekistan
- Philippines
- Estonia
- Croatia
- Algeria
- Kazakhstan
- Mongolia
- Malaysia