By Fred Reinfeld
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Opens an early double check trap threat. White cannot capture toward the center with the pawn at h2 as it would simple result in the loss of the King Rook. gxf2+! perhaps focusing on the center control too much? White's outposting of the Knight to e5 defended by the pawn at d4 is indeed a usual opening or early middlegame tactical maneuver sought by White. However, it simply allows White to wreak destruction on White's Kingside, allows Black to get a far advanced passed pawn that effectively partially entombs White’s King, and deprives White from castling either to the Kingside or Queenside.
Nd5 {Strong central positioning of the Knight, much better than Ne4, where it would be defended by Black’s Queen, although White would have the opportunity to trade pieces (Bxe4 Qxe4). Trading down when up in pawns, as White already is in this game, is a general tactics principle called simplification that Black eschews in favor of a well-coordinated sustained back and forth attacking game plan. Positioning the Knight at d4 allows Black to shift the focus of attacking back to the Queenside. Bf3 Ba6!
Rf7 opens a possible deadly latent attack/check on Black’s King if Black moves the Rook to the back rank. h4+ Black has two options, 6…Kxg4 and 6…Kxh4, both of which will lead to mate. I’ll leave you to work out various mating lines. However, I’ll present you with one outrageously long possibility just for the fun of it. Ra7# This concludes discussion of Control of the Center. Hopefully, from this base of knowledge of the interrelationships between tactics and positional play you will be able to work out many other additional tactical and positional play considerations out for yourself through study and experience for issues of mobility and ability to control and defend space and squares.