The Japanese Chess | the Japan Chess Academy announced the 2021 prize list

On January 24, the Japan Chess Academy announced the prize list of all players belonging to the Japanese Chess Academy. In the top spot is Yuta Iyama, with a prize of about 133.85 million yen. Occupying the top spot for 11 consecutive years, the second place is 44.29 million yen for Ichiriku Kudan, and the third place is Shibano Tiger Maru with about 41.14 million yen.

Fujisawa,000 women's currently holds four women's titles, ranks Fifth with 31.99 million yen, and also ranks first among female chess players. Aimi Ueno, who won the Wakasa War last year, ranked 6th with 23.5 million yen. Here are the top ten players in the prize pool. (The following prize money is the sum of the match fees and prize money for domestic and foreign events from January 1 to December 31, 2021)

1. Yuta Iyama 1 33,849,290 yen

2. One-power ¥44,285,702

3. Toromaru Shibano 41,139,960 yen

4. Xu Jiayuan 37,422,211 yen

5. Rina Fujisaki 31,993,482 yen

6. Sakimi Ueno 23,509,352 yen

7. Akira Kono 20,784,000 yen

8. Kotaro Tsuba 17,824,300 yen

9. Naonori Hane 13,609,000 yen

10.Katsuya Motoki ¥11,285,600

Here are the comments of Japanese netizens:

Netizen Jin: I don't know what to say, it is indeed too little. The Japanese chess academy has added a lot of professional chess players in recent years, is this really no problem?

Netizen bak: Go and shogi need to raise the standard of prize money, such a bonus is difficult to call a professional event. In this way, including the amateur chess world, it will deteriorate. Yuta Iyama and Shota Fujii would normally make a billion yen with bonuses alone.

Netizen dbp: Because they are all individual players, in addition to these top chess players, many of the chess players we can't see have a very difficult life. It is also a personal competition, and the annual income of twelve in the sumo world is also 10 million yen. With or without an audience, this income really varies dramatically.

Netizen Juh: Ranking 10th is only 10 million yen. The other hundreds of chess players didn't make much money at all.

Netizen sep: Desperately winning and losing division, the annual income of the 10th is 10 million is too little, and adding a zero is not too much.

Netizen mac: The income of the 10th place, that is, the level of the head of a private enterprise, this world is too difficult.