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 "Unknown280"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "6k1/8/p1pB2pK/2Pb4/3Q2P1/8/PP6/4q3 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Qh4+ 2. Kxg6 Be4+ 3. Qxe4 Qh7+ 4. Kf6 Qxe4 { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } 0-1