Villa de Benasque Open starts with 48 players on 2/2

The XLV Open Villa de Benasque is already crowded at the top: 48 players started with 2/2 after the first two rounds.

Round 3 board 1 is GM Mikhail Antipov against FM Nicolas Lopez Mijail, with Brandon Jacobson, Aditya Samant, Momchil Petkov, Bryce Tiglon and many others still perfect.

With eight rounds still to play, the early perfect-score group is still large.