An amount of Rs 21 crore is distributed among the players who reach the finals of the championship, due to which this time India’s D Gukesh has got a total of Rs 11.45 crore for winning the championship, which if Mahendra, who plays for Chennai Super Kings team in IPL, If we look at Singh Dhoni’s salary, it is quite high.
Grandmaster D Gukesh of India has become the youngest champion in the World Chess Championship by defeating Ding Liren of China. Whereas Gukesh is only 18 years old and he has also received a big prize money for winning during this period.
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 final of this championship, due to 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.
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 during their journey 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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