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 "Moscow"] [Date "1903.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Blumenfeld"] [Black "Unknown"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "r1bqk2r/ppppnp1p/2n3p1/3N2B1/3bP3/8/PPP2PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Qxd4 Nxd4 2. Nf6+ Kf8 3. Bh6# 1-0