If you control and/or occupy the center of a chess board, then you can move to any place of the board faster than your opponent. The board's center is the high ground of a chess battle.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bruentse"] [Black "Hjort"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "rnr3k1/p1q2pb1/1p2p1p1/2p5/2b1NP1Q/2PP4/PP4P1/R1B1K2R w KQ - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. f5 exf5 2. Qh7+ Kf8 3. Qxg7+ Kxg7 4. Bh6+ Kg8 5. Nf6+ Kh8 6. Bf8+ Qh2 7. Rxh2# 1-0