CHESS · WORLD CUP · SOCHI
Chess World Cup 2021 prize money
$1,892,500 paid to all 206 players in Sochi, 12 July 2021 to 6 August 2021. Jan-Krzysztof Duda won it and was paid $110,000, and the 78 players out in the first round were paid $3,750 each.
PAID OUT $1.9m
THE WINNER $110,000
PLAYERS PAID 206
FIRST ROUND $3,750
What each round paid
One player's prize for going out at each stage
| 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 5 | 8 | $25,000 | $200,000 |
| Round 4 | 16 | $16,000 | $256,000 |
| Round 3 | 32 | $10,000 | $320,000 |
| Round 2 | 64 | $6,000 | $384,000 |
| Round 1 | 78 | $3,750 | $292,500 |
Where the money went, round by round
The first round cost FIDE $292,500, 15% of the pot, against 5.8% 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 Sochi
All 206 players, by what they won
| Player | Federation | Went out | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Poland | Winner | $110,000 |
| Sergey Karjakin | Russia | Runner-up | $80,000 |
| Magnus Carlsen | Norway | Third place | $60,000 |
| Vladimir Fedoseev | Russia | Fourth place | $50,000 |
| Amin Tabatabaei | Iran | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Étienne Bacrot | France | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Sam Shankland | United States | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Vidit Gujrathi | India | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Alexander Grischuk | Russia | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Andrey Esipenko | Russia | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Haik M. Martirosyan | Armenia | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Kacper Piorun | Poland | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Peter Svidler | Russia | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Vasif Durarbayli | Azerbaijan | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Velimir Ivić | Serbia | Round 5 | $25,000 |
| Ante Brkić | Croatia | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Anton Korobov | Ukraine | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Daniil Dubov | Russia | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Dmitry Andreikin | Russia | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Javokhir Sindarov | Uzbekistan | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Jeffery Xiong | United States | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Nikita Vitiugov | Russia | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Uzbekistan | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Pavel Ponkratov | Russia | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Pentala Harikrishna | India | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Pouya Idani | Iran | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| R Praggnanandhaa | India | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Radosław Wojtaszek | Poland | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Rinat Jumabayev | Kazakhstan | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Vladislav Artemiev | Russia | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Vladislav Kovalev | FIDE flag | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Adhiban Baskaran | India | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Alan Pichot | Argentina | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Alexander Areshchenko | Ukraine | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Alexei Shirov | Spain | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Anish Giri | Netherlands | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Aryan Tari | Norway | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Bassem Amin | Egypt | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Bobby Cheng | Australia | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Boris Gelfand | Israel | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Constantin Lupulescu | Romania | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| David Navara | Czechia | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| David Paravyan | Russia | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Evgeny Tomashevsky | Russia | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Fabiano Caruana | United States | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Grigoriy Oparin | Russia | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Ivan Cheparinov | Bulgaria | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Jakhongir Vakhidov | Uzbekistan | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Jorden van Foreest | Netherlands | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Jorge Cori | Peru | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Kiril Georgiev | North Macedonia | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Matthias Blübaum | Germany | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Maxim Matlakov | Russia | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Michał Krasenkow | Poland | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Nihal Sarin | India | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Nijat Abasov | Azerbaijan | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Nils Grandelius | Sweden | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Salem Saleh | United Arab Emirates | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Samuel Sevian | United States | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Timur Gareyev | United States | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | Russia | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Yu Yangyi | China | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Abdelrahman Hesham | Egypt | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Aleksandar Inđić | Serbia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Alexander Motylev | Russia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Alexander Onischuk | United States | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Alexandr Fier | Brazil | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Alexandr Predke | Russia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Alexey Sarana | Russia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Alireza Firouzja | France | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Aravindh Chithambaram | India | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Arik Braun | Germany | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Axel Bachmann | Paraguay | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Baadur Jobava | Georgia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Benjamin Bok | Netherlands | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Bogdan-Daniel Deac | Romania | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Boris Savchenko | Russia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra | Chile | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Daniele Vocaturo | Italy | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| David Antón Guijarro | Spain | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Denis Kadrić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Dmitry Jakovenko | Russia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Elshan Moradi | United States | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Emre Can | Turkey | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Evgeny Alekseev | Russia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Evgeny Bareev | Canada | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Federico Perez Ponsa | Argentina | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Ferenc Berkes | Hungary | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | Spain | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Gabriel Sargissian | Armenia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Guillermo Vázquez | Paraguay | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Gukesh Dommaraju | India | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson | Iceland | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Hovhannes Gabuzyan | Armenia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Ivan Ivanišević | Serbia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Ivan Šarić | Croatia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Juraj Druska | Slovakia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Kirill Alekseenko | Russia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Krikor Mekhitarian | Brazil | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Leinier Domínguez | United States | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Levon Aronian | Armenia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Markus Ragger | Austria | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Mustafa Yılmaz | Turkey | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Neuris Delgado Ramírez | Paraguay | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Nodirbek Yakubboev | Uzbekistan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| P. Iniyan | India | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Pablo Salinas Herrera | Chile | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Parham Maghsoodloo | Iran | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Rasmus Svane | Germany | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Ravi Haria | England | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Sanan Sjugirov | Russia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Sandro Mareco | Argentina | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Saša Martinović | Croatia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Shamsiddin Vokhidov | Uzbekistan | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Shant Sargsyan | Armenia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Susanto Megaranto | Indonesia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Thai Dai Van Nguyen | Czechia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Varuzhan Akobian | United States | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Victor Mikhalevski | Israel | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Viktor Erdős | Hungary | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Vojtěch Plát | Czechia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Volodar Murzin | Russia | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Yaroslav Zherebukh | United States | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Yasser Quesada | Cuba | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Yuriy Kryvoruchko | Ukraine | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Yuriy Kuzubov | Ukraine | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Abhimanyu Mishra | United States | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Abobker Mohamed Elarabi | Libya | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Ádám Kozák | Hungary | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Adham Fawzy | Egypt | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Ahmed Adly | Egypt | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Akar Ali Salih Salih | Iraq | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Alexandre Dgebuadze | Belgium | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Alisher Karimov | Tajikistan | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Allen Chi Zhou Fan | New Zealand | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Amir Zaibi | Tunisia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| André Ventura Sousa | Portugal | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Andrés Rodríguez Vila | Uruguay | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Andrew Tang | United States | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Antoine Kassis | Lebanon | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Arthur Ssegwanyi | Uganda | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Asyl Abdyjapar | Kyrgyzstan | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Basheer Al-Qudaimi | Yemen | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Bashir Eiti | Syria | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Bilel Bellahcene | Algeria | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera | Cuba | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Chiletso Chipanga | Malawi | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Chitumbo Mwali | Zambia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Dambasürengiin Batsüren | Mongolia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Daniel Barrish | South Africa | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Daniel Quizon | Philippines | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Darcy Lima | Brazil | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Dmitry V. Sklyarov | Finland | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Ehsan Ghaem Maghami | Iran | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Elmer Prudente | Guam | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Essam El-Gindy | Egypt | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Esteban Valderrama Quiceno | Colombia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Evgenios Ioannidis | Greece | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Helgi Dam Ziska | Faroe Islands | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Jerguš Pecháč | Slovakia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Juan Carlos González Zamora | Mexico | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Kaido Külaots | Estonia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Karolis Jukšta | Lithuania | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Kevin Goh Wei Ming | Singapore | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Kirill Shubin | Russia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Kirill Stupak | Belarus | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Leandro Krysa | Argentina | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Levan Pantsulaia | Georgia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Luka Drašković | Montenegro | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Luka Paichadze | Georgia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Mads Andersen | Denmark | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Matej Šebenik | Slovenia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Michael Concio | Philippines | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Mircea Pârligras | Romania | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Mohamad Ervan | Indonesia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Mohamed Tissir | Morocco | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Momchil Nikolov | Bulgaria | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Niaz Murshed | Bangladesh | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Nikita Afanasiev | Russia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Nikita Meshkovs | Latvia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Olanrewaju Ajibola | Nigeria | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Omar Noaman | United Arab Emirates | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Paulo Bersamina | Philippines | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Paweł Teclaf | Poland | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Pedro Ramón Martínez Reyes | Venezuela | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage | Sri Lanka | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Razvan Preotu | Canada | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Robert Hungaski | United States | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Rodwell Makoto | Zimbabwe | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Rudik Makarian | Russia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Sami Khader | Jordan | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Saparmyrat Atabayev | Turkmenistan | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Sebastian Bogner | Switzerland | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Sergio Barrientos | Colombia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Sergio Miguel | Angola | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Sergio Minero Pineda | Costa Rica | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Sugaryn Gan-Erdene | Mongolia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Sumant Subramaniam | Malaysia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Tin Jingyao | Singapore | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Vadim Zvjaginsev | Russia | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Vahap Şanal | Turkey | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Viorel Iordachescu | Moldova | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Wynn Zaw Htun | Myanmar | Round 1 | $3,750 |
| Ziaur Rahman | Bangladesh | Round 1 | $3,750 |
Magnus Carlsen 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 2021 by federation
What each federation's players took home
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money was there at the Chess World Cup 2021?
$1,892,500, paid to all 206 players in Sochi from 12 July 2021 to 6 August 2021.
How much did Jan-Krzysztof Duda win at the Chess World Cup 2021?
$110,000, 5.8% of the pot. Sergey Karjakin was paid $80,000 as runner-up.
How much did a first-round loser get at the Chess World Cup 2021?
$3,750. 78 players went out in the first round, and they took $292,500 between them, 15% of the pot.
Did the Chess World Cup 2021 pay more than 2019?
Yes. It paid $1,892,500 against $1,600,000 in 2019, with 206 players against 128.
Which country won the most at the Chess World Cup 2021?
Russia, whose 28 players took $404,000 between them.
Where to next
The players paid in Sochi, and every other World Cup
Paid in Sochi
- Jan-Krzysztof Duda
- Sergey Karjakin
- Magnus Carlsen
- Vladimir Fedoseev
- Amin Tabatabaei
- Étienne Bacrot
- Sam Shankland
- Vidit Gujrathi
- Alexander Grischuk
- Andrey Esipenko
- Haik M. Martirosyan
- Kacper Piorun
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
- Peter Svidler
- Vasif Durarbayli
- Velimir Ivić
- Ante Brkić
- Anton Korobov
- Daniil Dubov
- Dmitry Andreikin
- Javokhir Sindarov
- Jeffery Xiong
- Nikita Vitiugov
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov
- Pavel Ponkratov
- Pentala Harikrishna
- Pouya Idani
- R Praggnanandhaa
- Radosław Wojtaszek
- Rinat Jumabayev
- Vladislav Artemiev
- Vladislav Kovalev
- Adhiban Baskaran
- Alan Pichot
- Alexander Areshchenko
- Alexei Shirov
- Anish Giri
- Aryan Tari
- Bassem Amin
- Bobby Cheng
- Boris Gelfand
- Constantin Lupulescu
- David Navara
- David Paravyan
- Evgeny Tomashevsky
- Fabiano Caruana
- Grigoriy Oparin
- Ivan Cheparinov
- Jakhongir Vakhidov
- Jorden van Foreest
- Jorge Cori
- Kiril Georgiev
- Matthias Blübaum
- Maxim Matlakov
- Michał Krasenkow
- Nihal Sarin
- Nijat Abasov
- Nils Grandelius
- Salem Saleh
- Samuel Sevian
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
- Timur Gareyev
- Vladimir Malakhov
- Yu Yangyi
- Aleksandar Inđić
- Alexander Motylev
- Alexander Onischuk
- Alexandr Fier
- Alexandr Predke
- Alexey Sarana
- Alireza Firouzja
- Aravindh Chithambaram
- Axel Bachmann
- Baadur Jobava
- Benjamin Bok
- Bogdan-Daniel Deac
- Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra
- Daniele Vocaturo
- David Antón Guijarro
- Dmitry Jakovenko
- Emre Can
- Evgeny Alekseev
- Evgeny Bareev
- Federico Perez Ponsa
- Ferenc Berkes
- Francisco Vallejo Pons
- Gabriel Sargissian
- Gukesh Dommaraju
- Ivan Ivanišević
- Ivan Šarić
- Kirill Alekseenko
- Krikor Mekhitarian
- Leinier Domínguez
- Levon Aronian
- Markus Ragger
- Mustafa Yılmaz
- Neuris Delgado Ramírez
- Nodirbek Yakubboev
- P. Iniyan
- Pablo Salinas Herrera
- Parham Maghsoodloo
- Rasmus Svane
- Sanan Sjugirov
- Sandro Mareco
- Shamsiddin Vokhidov
- Shant Sargsyan
- Susanto Megaranto
- Thai Dai Van Nguyen
- Varuzhan Akobian
- Viktor Erdős
- Volodar Murzin
- Yaroslav Zherebukh
- Yuriy Kryvoruchko
- Yuriy Kuzubov
- Abhimanyu Mishra
- Adham Fawzy
- Ahmed Adly
- Amir Zaibi
- Bilel Bellahcene
- Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
- Chitumbo Mwali
- Essam El-Gindy
- Helgi Dam Ziska
- Levan Pantsulaia
- Mircea Pârligras
- Tin Jingyao
- Vahap Şanal
- Ziaur Rahman
Every other World Cup
Federations
- Russia
- Poland
- United States
- India
- Norway
- France
- Iran
- Uzbekistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Ukraine
- Serbia
- Croatia
- Egypt
- Netherlands
- Argentina
- Spain
- Czechia
- Germany
- Romania
- Paraguay
- Kazakhstan
- FIDE flag
- Israel
- Brazil
- Turkey
- Hungary
- Bulgaria
- United Arab Emirates
- Georgia
- Chile
- Philippines
- Australia
- Peru
- North Macedonia
- Sweden
- China
- Canada
- Indonesia
- Cuba
- Mongolia
- Singapore
- Bangladesh
- Italy
- Austria
- England
- Belgium
- Tunisia
- Uruguay
- Algeria
- Zambia
- Greece
- Faroe Islands
- Mexico
- Estonia
- Lithuania
- Belarus
- Montenegro
- Slovenia
- Latvia
- Venezuela
- Switzerland
- Malaysia
- Moldova