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 "Miles"]
[Black "Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "r4r2/6kp/2pqppp1/pbR5/3P4/4QN2/PP3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. a4 { Luring the bishop away in order to set up the discovery. } 1... Bxa4 2. Qa3 Bb5 3. Rxb5 { The point. } 3... Qxa3 4. Rb7+ Rf7 5. Rxf7+ Kxf7 6. bxa3 { Winning a
piece for only the cost of a rook-pawn. White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0