The Cranes Cup International Chess Championship is decided against the first round. India's World No.3 and current World Rapid Chess Champion Coneru Hampi will face America's young player Karissa Yip, Hampi will play it against White Mohro, while India's World No.9 Harika Dronavalli will face Russia's current World Blitz Chess Champion Lagoan Kateryana , Harika will play this match with Kale Mohro.

Defending World Champion (Classical) Xu Wenjun of China will play Anna Mujaychuk of Ukraine against Black Mohro. In other Mukabalo, Georgia's Nana Dagnidze will compete against White Mohro against Russia's Gunina Valentina and former World Champion Alexandra Kostinyuk of Russia against White Mohro against Irina Krish of America.

The importance of the presence of three world champions increases - the level of competition is clearly visible with the presence of the current classical, rapid and blitz chess champions in the competition. In this round of 9 round, all players will play a match on a round robin basis. The total prize money of the competition has been kept at 1 lakh 80 thousand US Dollars.

The player who comes in first place will be paid Rs 45,000 and the player who comes in last place will be awarded at least $ 6000.