Center

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The Center of the chessboard are the four inner squares {d4, e4, d5, e5}. Pawn placement and piece control of the center is crucial. The extended center incorporates the next concentric ring around the center, including C- and F-file as well as third and sixth rank.

=Bitboards=

Center
The center bitboard has the hexadecimal value of 0x0000001818000000: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Extended Center
Extended center is 0x00003C3C3C3C0000: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . . . . 1 1 1 1 . . . . 1 1 1 1 . . . . 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . =See also=
 * Center Control
 * Center Distance
 * Center Manhattan-Distance
 * Corner-Distance from KBNK Endgame
 * Influence Quantity of Pieces
 * King Centralization
 * Mobility
 * Pawn Center
 * Strategy

=External Links=
 * Control of the center - Chess strategy from Wikipedia

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