D Gukesh’s prize money is much more than Dhoni’s IPL 2025 salary, he got so many crores of rupees on becoming world champion
D Gukesh got prize money worth crores of rupees for becoming world champion.
D Gukesh Prize Money: On one hand, in India, there is maximum discussion among the fans about cricket, on the other hand, in other sports too, some new players are coming who are making the country famous all over the world. Chess is a game that requires a lot of patience. On hearing the name of this game, the first name that comes to the mind of all the Indian fans is Vishwanathan Anand, but now a new Indian chess player has come forward who is none other than 18 year old D Gukesh, who performed such a historic feat on December 12 that everyone was surprised to see. D Gukesh also won the title of the youngest chess player to win this title by defeating Ding Liren of China in the final of the World Chess Championship 2024. Gukesh also got a big prize money for winning.
Gukesh got Rs 11.45 crore for winning the championship
The World Chess Championship is counted among the sports championships with the highest prize money in the world. An amount of Rs 21 crore is distributed among the players who reach the finals of this championship, in which this time India’s D Gukesh has got a total of Rs 11.45 crore for winning the championship, which if he plays for Chennai Super Kings team in IPL. If we look at the salary of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, it is quite high, who has been retained by CSK for only Rs 4 crore for the next season. Apart from this, Ding Liren of China, who had to face defeat, has received prize money of Rs 9.75 crore.
Prize money received for winning every match for the finals
According to the rules of FIDE, the international organization of the game of chess, both the players playing in the final are also given prize money for all the matches they won while traveling to reach here. In which D Gukesh has received a prize money of Rs 11.45 crore, out of which he got a total of Rs 5.07 crore from the final match and the victory in three matches has also been given to him by including it in this prize money.
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