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 "Unknown13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r2k1/2p2p1p/r2q1np1/pp1PN3/3Q4/7P/PP3PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Nxf7 Kxf7 2. Re6 Nxd5 ( { Black can try: } 2... Qxd5 3. Qxf6+ Kg8 4. Rxd5 Rf8 5. Rd8 Rxd8 6. Qxd8+ Kg7 7. Qxc7+ Kh6 8. Qf4+ Kg7 9. Re7+ Kg8 10. Qb8# ) 3. Rxd6 Raxd6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0