8 November 2015
Alexander Morozevich Wins Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona
A round robin tournament finished in the capital of Catalonia.
In the 5th round of the Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona, Alexander Morozevich lost to Axel Bachmann, Hippolito Asis defeated Karen Grigoryan, and Csaba Balogh drew with Marco Narciso.
With 3 points in 5 games, Alexander Morozevich tied for the first place with Alex Bachmann (Paraguay) and was awarded the first place thanks to a better tie-break. Csaba Balogh (Hungary) and Hipolito Asis (Spain) shared the third place with 2.5 points, Karen Grigoryan and Marco Narciso collected 2 points each.
