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Chess World Cup 2019 prize money

$1,600,000 paid to all 128 players in Khanty-Mansiysk, 9 September 2019 to 4 October 2019. Teimour Radjabov won it and was paid $110,000, and the 64 players out in the first round were paid $6,000 each.

PAID OUT $1.6m
THE WINNER $110,000
PLAYERS PAID 128
FIRST ROUND $6,000

What each round paid

One player's prize for going out at each stage

9 rungs

Went out Players Each Between them
WINNER 1 $110,000 $110,000
Runner-up 1 $80,000 $80,000
Third place 1 $60,000 $60,000
Fourth place 1 $50,000 $50,000
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

Round 1 $384k
Round 2 $320k
Round 3 $256k
Round 4 $200k
Quarter-finals $140k
Fourth place $50k
Third place $60k
Runner-up $80k
Winner $110k

The first round cost FIDE $384,000, 24% of the pot, against 6.9% 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 Khanty-Mansiysk

All 128 players, by what they won

128 players

Teimour Radjabov $110k Ding Liren $80k Maxime Vachier-Lagrave $60k Yu Yangyi $50k Alexander Grischuk $35k Jeffery Xiong $35k Levon Aronian $35k Nikita Vitiugov $35k Ian Nepomniachtchi $25k Jan-Krzysztof Duda $25k Kirill Alekseenko $25k Lê Quang Liêm $25k
Player Federation Went out Prize money
Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan Winner $110,000
Ding Liren China Runner-up $80,000
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France Third place $60,000
Yu Yangyi China Fourth place $50,000
Alexander Grischuk Russia Quarter-finals $35,000
Jeffery Xiong United States Quarter-finals $35,000
Levon Aronian Armenia Quarter-finals $35,000
Nikita Vitiugov Russia Quarter-finals $35,000
Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia Round 4 $25,000
Jan-Krzysztof Duda Poland Round 4 $25,000
Kirill Alekseenko Russia Round 4 $25,000
Lê Quang Liêm Vietnam Round 4 $25,000
Leinier Domínguez United States Round 4 $25,000
Peter Svidler Russia Round 4 $25,000
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan Round 4 $25,000
Wesley So United States Round 4 $25,000
Alireza Firouzja Iran Round 3 $16,000
Anish Giri Netherlands Round 3 $16,000
Daniil Yuffa Russia Round 3 $16,000
Dmitry Andreikin Russia Round 3 $16,000
Dmitry Jakovenko Russia Round 3 $16,000
Eltaj Safarli Azerbaijan Round 3 $16,000
Evgeny Tomashevsky Russia Round 3 $16,000
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Germany Round 3 $16,000
Maxim Matlakov Russia Round 3 $16,000
Pentala Harikrishna India Round 3 $16,000
Sergey Karjakin Russia Round 3 $16,000
Vidit Gujrathi India Round 3 $16,000
Vladislav Artemiev Russia Round 3 $16,000
Wang Hao China Round 3 $16,000
Wei Yi China Round 3 $16,000
Xu Xiangyu China Round 3 $16,000
Adhiban Baskaran India Round 2 $10,000
Aleksandr Rakhmanov Russia Round 2 $10,000
Alexandr Predke Russia Round 2 $10,000
Amin Tabatabaei Iran Round 2 $10,000
Andrey Esipenko Russia Round 2 $10,000
Anton Demchenko Russia Round 2 $10,000
Anton Korobov Ukraine Round 2 $10,000
Aravindh Chithambaram India Round 2 $10,000
Benjamin Bok Netherlands Round 2 $10,000
Boris Gelfand Israel Round 2 $10,000
Daniil Dubov Russia Round 2 $10,000
David Antón Guijarro Spain Round 2 $10,000
Ernesto Inarkiev Russia Round 2 $10,000
Evgeniy Najer Russia Round 2 $10,000
Gawain Maroroa Jones England Round 2 $10,000
Hikaru Nakamura United States Round 2 $10,000
Igor Kovalenko Latvia Round 2 $10,000
Ivan Cheparinov Georgia Round 2 $10,000
Johan-Sebastian Christiansen Norway Round 2 $10,000
Luke McShane England Round 2 $10,000
Maxim Rodshtein Israel Round 2 $10,000
Niclas Huschenbeth Germany Round 2 $10,000
Nihal Sarin India Round 2 $10,000
Nijat Abasov Azerbaijan Round 2 $10,000
Parham Maghsoodloo Iran Round 2 $10,000
Rinat Jumabayev Kazakhstan Round 2 $10,000
Rustam Kasimdzhanov Uzbekistan Round 2 $10,000
Samuel Sevian United States Round 2 $10,000
Sanan Sjugirov Russia Round 2 $10,000
Sergei Movsesian Armenia Round 2 $10,000
Tamir Nabaty Israel Round 2 $10,000
Vladimir Fedoseev Russia Round 2 $10,000
Abhijeet Gupta India Round 1 $6,000
Ahmed Adly Egypt Round 1 $6,000
Alan Pichot Argentina Round 1 $6,000
Alder Escobar Forero Colombia Round 1 $6,000
Aleksei Pridorozhni Russia Round 1 $6,000
Aleksej Aleksandrov Belarus Round 1 $6,000
Alexey Sarana Russia Round 1 $6,000
Arkadij Naiditsch Azerbaijan Round 1 $6,000
Arman Pashikian Armenia Round 1 $6,000
Aryan Tari Norway Round 1 $6,000
Bassem Amin Egypt Round 1 $6,000
Benjámin Gledura Hungary Round 1 $6,000
Bilel Bellahcene Algeria Round 1 $6,000
Bu Xiangzhi China Round 1 $6,000
Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera Cuba Round 1 $6,000
Constantin Lupulescu Romania Round 1 $6,000
Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra Chile Round 1 $6,000
Daniel Anwuli Nigeria Round 1 $6,000
David Navara Czechia Round 1 $6,000
Diego Flores Argentina Round 1 $6,000
Eduardo Iturrizaga Venezuela Round 1 $6,000
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Iran Round 1 $6,000
Emilio Córdova Peru Round 1 $6,000
Essam El-Gindy Egypt Round 1 $6,000
Evgeny Bareev Canada Round 1 $6,000
Ferenc Berkes Hungary Round 1 $6,000
Frode Urkedal Norway Round 1 $6,000
Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo Madagascar Round 1 $6,000
Grigoriy Oparin Russia Round 1 $6,000
Helgi Dam Ziska Faroe Islands Round 1 $6,000
Igor Lysyj Russia Round 1 $6,000
Ilia Iljiushenok Russia Round 1 $6,000
Ivan Šarić Croatia Round 1 $6,000
Jorge Cori Peru Round 1 $6,000
José Martínez Alcántara Peru Round 1 $6,000
Kacper Piorun Poland Round 1 $6,000
Karthikeyan Murali India Round 1 $6,000
Krikor Mekhitarian Brazil Round 1 $6,000
Lu Shanglei China Round 1 $6,000
Maksim Chigaev Russia Round 1 $6,000
Mateusz Bartel Poland Round 1 $6,000
Michael Adams England Round 1 $6,000
Miguel Santos Ruiz Spain Round 1 $6,000
Mircea Pârligras Romania Round 1 $6,000
Mohammad Fahad Rahman Bangladesh Round 1 $6,000
Neuris Delgado Ramírez Paraguay Round 1 $6,000
Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn Vietnam Round 1 $6,000
Nikita Petrov Russia Round 1 $6,000
Nils Grandelius Sweden Round 1 $6,000
Nodirbek Abdusattorov Uzbekistan Round 1 $6,000
Paulius Pultinevičius Lithuania Round 1 $6,000
Radosław Wojtaszek Poland Round 1 $6,000
Robert Hovhannisyan Armenia Round 1 $6,000
Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine Round 1 $6,000
S. L. Narayanan India Round 1 $6,000
S. P. Sethuraman India Round 1 $6,000
Sam Shankland United States Round 1 $6,000
Sandro Mareco Argentina Round 1 $6,000
Sergio Duran Vega Costa Rica Round 1 $6,000
Shaun Press Papua New Guinea Round 1 $6,000
Sugaryn Gan-Erdene Mongolia Round 1 $6,000
Surya Shekhar Ganguly India Round 1 $6,000
Susanto Megaranto Indonesia Round 1 $6,000
Yuri González Vidal Cuba Round 1 $6,000

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the match for third place, which pays more than fourth. Until 2019 there was no such match, and the two beaten semi-finalists were paid the same.

Chess World Cup 2019 by federation

What each federation's players took home

47 federations

Russia (28) $389k China (7) $190k Azerbaijan (5) $167k United States (6) $111k India (10) $92k France (1) $60k Armenia (4) $57k Poland (4) $43k Iran (4) $42k Vietnam (2) $31k Israel (3) $30k Netherlands (2) $26k Germany (2) $26k England (3) $26k Norway (3) $22k Egypt (3) $18k Argentina (3) $18k Peru (3) $18k Ukraine (2) $16k Spain (2) $16k

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money was there at the Chess World Cup 2019?

$1,600,000, paid to all 128 players in Khanty-Mansiysk from 9 September 2019 to 4 October 2019.

How much did Teimour Radjabov win at the Chess World Cup 2019?

$110,000, 6.9% 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 2019?

$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 2019 pay more than 2017?

No. Both paid $1,600,000.

Which country won the most at the Chess World Cup 2019?

Russia, whose 28 players took $389,000 between them.

Where to next

The players paid in Khanty-Mansiysk, and every other World Cup

Paid in Khanty-Mansiysk

Every other World Cup

Federations

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