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 "Unknown600"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "2krr3/1p1q1pp1/2n5/pN5p/PP2nB2/1b1p2PP/1P1Q1PB1/R4K1R w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Bxe4 Rxe4 2. Nd6+ Kb8 3. Nxe4+ Ka8 4. b5 Na7 5. Qxa5 b6 6. Qxb6 Bd5 7. Nc5 Qc8 8. Na6 Rd7 9. Rc1 Qe8 10. Be3 d2 11. Bxd2 Bxh1 12. Rc7 Nxb5 13. axb5 Rxc7 14. Nxc7# 1-0