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 "1961.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Redel"] [Black "Baratz"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "1k6/p1p3Q1/2qp1P2/2p5/rp6/3P3P/1BP1rP2/2KR3R b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1... Ra1+ 2. Bxa1 Qa4 3. Qg8+ Kb7 4. Qb3 Qxa1+ 5. Qb1 Rxc2+ 6. Kxc2 Qc3# 0-1