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 "Unknown126"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r1r1k/6bp/p1Bp1np1/Q5N1/P1P1n2P/2B1q1P1/4PRK1/1R6 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Bxe4 Nxe4 ( { Black can try: } 1... Qxf2+ 2. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 3. Kg2 Bxc3 4. Qxd8 Rxd8 5. Nf7+ Kg7 6. Nxd8 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Bxg7+ Kxg7 3. Qc7+ Kh6 4. Qxh7# 1-0