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 "Unknown597"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "k2r3r/p1p3pp/Qp6/1R1pq3/8/2P5/P1P2PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Ra5 bxa5 2. Rb1 Rb8 3. Qc6+ Rb7 4. Qxb7# 1-0