In 2023, there were 20 chess grandmasters who won more than $100,000 in major tournaments. The most successful, Ding Liren, won over $1.2m in major tournaments in 2023, despite falling ill and not playing for a large part of the year.

Ding Liren overcome by emotion at the moment of his triumph at the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com

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