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Latest revision as of 13:32, 16 May 2018
Home * Chess * Squares * Center
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:
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Extended Center
Extended center is 0x00003C3C3C3C0000:
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See also
- Center Control
- Center Distance
- Center Manhattan-Distance
- Corner-Distance from KBNK Endgame
- Influence Quantity of Pieces
- King Centralization
- Mobility
- Pawn Center
- Strategy