CrunchLabs Masters Play-In: Nepo, Antipov and Nakamura score 7/9
The first stage of the CrunchLab Masters, the Play-In, took place on Wednesday. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Mikhail Antipov and Hikaru Nakamura were the top scorers in the 9-round Swiss open featuring 118 players. The aforementioned GMs were 3 of the 11 participants who qualified to the Division I Placement stage. Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik was among the 11 qualified participants. | Photo: FIDE