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 "Unknown577"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1bq2nr/ppp5/5k1p/3Pp1pQ/1P2Pp2/P1N5/1P4PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Bxf4 ( { White can try: } 1. g3 Kg7 2. gxf4 Nf6 3. Qf3 gxf4 { With equal
chances. } ) 1... exf4 2. Rxf4+ gxf4 3. Qh4+ Kg7 4. Qxd8 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0