The principle of two weaknesses in practice | Road to GM, Game 116

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This is my round 3 game from the Zagreb Open. I played an opponent rated 2180, 250 points higher than me. And this is the first time I experienced how true is the principle of having to have two weaknesses to exploit in order to win.

That means that one weakness in your opponent’s position usually won’t be enough to give you a winning edge. In this game that was very much true.

2019 Zagreb Open, Rd. 3, 12/8/2019, Bo. 37,
D. Abramović (2180) vs S. Tomić (1911), Indian Game

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Qb6 4. Qb3 Qxb3
5. axb3 cxd4 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. Rxa7 dxc3 8. bxc3 g6
9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. e3 d5 12. Ne2 Bf5
13. O-O Bd3 14. Re1 Ba6 15. Nf4 e6 16. Bf1 Bxf1
17. Kxf1 Ne4 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Rc1 Rc7 20. f3 Nd6
21. Ke1 Rbc8 22. Kd2 g5 23. g4 h6 24. Ra2 Rc6
25. Kd3 Kf8 26. Nd2 Ke7 27. Rac2 Ra6 28. c4 dxc4+
29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. bxc4 Rd6+ 31. Ke4 Rc5 32. Nd4 Re5+
33. Kd3 Rc5 34. Ke4 Re5+ 35. Kd3

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