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 "Unknown260"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3n4/8/4k2p/4P1pP/3PK1P1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. d5+ Kf7 2. Kf5 Nb7 3. e6+ Ke7 4. Kg6 Nd6 5. Kxh6 Kf6 6. Kh7 Ke5 7. Kg7 Kxd5 8. e7 Ke6 9. Kf8 Kf6 10. e8=Q Nxe8 11. Kxe8 Kg7 12. Ke7 Kh7 13. Kf6 Kh6 14. Kf5 Kg7 15. Kxg5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0