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 "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown427"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r4/pkp1nppp/1pn5/1K1bP3/5P2/2P2N2/PP4PP/R1B4R b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Bb3 ( { Black can try: } 1... Be4 2. Ka4 Rd5 3. Kb3 Rb5+ 4. Ka3 Ra5+ 5. Kb3 Rb5+ 6. Ka3 Ra5+ { Draw by repetition of position. } ) 2. axb3 Rd5+ 3. Kc4 b5# 0-1