GM Alexander Morozevich scored his second win of the Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona Chess Tournament 2015 by outclassing GM Narciso Dublan in the third round. The remaining two games – GM Bachmann vs IM Asis Gargatagli and GM Balogh vs GM Karen Grigoryan – were drawn.
The Narciso Dublan – Morozevich encounter took off with the latter wheeling out the Sicilian Defence in reply to Narciso’s 1.e4. The Spanish Grandmaster’s opening turned out to be a failure as Morozevich managed to secure a pleasant position right out of the opening. Morozevich never really allowed his opponent to get back into the game and in the end, won the game convincingly.
After 3 rounds, Morozevich has notched up a total of 2.5 points and is leading his nearest competitors by a full point margin.