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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Chess]] * [[Squares]] * Center'''
The '''Center''' of the [[Chessboard|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-[[Files|file]] as well as third and sixth [[Ranks|rank]].
=Bitboards=
==Center==
The center [[Bitboards|bitboard]] has the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal hexadecimal] value of 0x0000001818000000:
<pre>
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . 1 1 . . .
. . . 1 1 . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
</pre>
<span id="ExtendedCenter"></span>
==Extended Center==
Extended center is 0x00003C3C3C3C0000:
<pre>
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . 1 1 1 1 . .
. . 1 1 1 1 . .
. . 1 1 1 1 . .
. . 1 1 1 1 . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Center Control]]
* [[Center Distance]]
* [[Center Manhattan-Distance]]
* [[KBNK Endgame#CornerDistance|Corner-Distance]] from [[KBNK Endgame]]
* [[Influence Quantity of Pieces]]
* [[King Centralization]]
* [[Mobility]]
* [[Pawn Center]]
* [[Strategy]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_strategy#Control_of_the_center Control of the center - Chess strategy from Wikipedia]
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The '''Center''' of the [[Chessboard|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-[[Files|file]] as well as third and sixth [[Ranks|rank]].
=Bitboards=
==Center==
The center [[Bitboards|bitboard]] has the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal hexadecimal] value of 0x0000001818000000:
<pre>
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . 1 1 . . .
. . . 1 1 . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
</pre>
<span id="ExtendedCenter"></span>
==Extended Center==
Extended center is 0x00003C3C3C3C0000:
<pre>
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . 1 1 1 1 . .
. . 1 1 1 1 . .
. . 1 1 1 1 . .
. . 1 1 1 1 . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Center Control]]
* [[Center Distance]]
* [[Center Manhattan-Distance]]
* [[KBNK Endgame#CornerDistance|Corner-Distance]] from [[KBNK Endgame]]
* [[Influence Quantity of Pieces]]
* [[King Centralization]]
* [[Mobility]]
* [[Pawn Center]]
* [[Strategy]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_strategy#Control_of_the_center Control of the center - Chess strategy from Wikipedia]
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