Usually, the game is a fight for control of the center and, when you're in the center, your opponent has far fewer "good" places to choose from.
Take control of the center, which constitute the middle four squares of the board.
The Dutch Defense, 1... f5, uses a flank pawn to struggle for control of the center.
Wang's 5... b6 allowed Carlsen to seize control of the center with 6 e4.
His 3 f3 was a slightly unusual and blunt plan to take control of the center.
The Long Island, which operates more than half the trains in Penn Station, shares ownership and control of the center with Amtrak.
Bobby traded his knight for Byrne's knight, undermining Byrne's pawn cluster and his control of the center.
At the same time, however, she has by all accounts kept a tight control of the center.
He declined to describe them in detail, but said they were intended to foment a weakening of the Taliban's control of the center and south of Afghanistan.
Cmilyte's pawns were fractured after 10 ef4, but her control of the center was more than enough compensation.
