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[[FILE:Vassily Kandinsky, 1913 - Color Study, Squares with Concentric Circles.jpg|border|right|thumb|[[Arts#Kandinsky|Kandinsky]] - Squares with Concentric Circles <ref>[[Arts#Kandinsky|Wassily Kandinsky]] - [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vassily_Kandinsky,_1913_-_Color_Study,_Squares_with_Concentric_Circles.jpg Squares with Concentric Circles], 1913, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenbachhaus Stadtische Galerie in Lenbach], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich Munich], Germany, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]

'''Center Control''',<br/>
a [[Strategy|chess strategy]] to [[Square Control|control]] or [[Occupancy|occupy]] the [[Center|center]] and [[Center#ExtendedCenter|extended center]] of the board, which gains [[Space|space]] and allows pieces fast access of most of the board areas, and more movement and possibilities for attack and defense. In evaluation, center control is considered by [[Piece-Square Tables|piece-square tables]] and by [[Mobility|mobility]], where occupancy and controls are weighted accordantly. Chess [[Opening|openings]] try to control the center while [[Development|developing]] pieces. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermodernism_%28chess%29 Hypermodern] openings are those that control the center with pieces from afar, such as with a [[Fianchetto|fianchetto]], Classical and Modern openings control it with pawns.

=See also=
* [[Center]]
* [[Center Distance]]
* [[Development]]
* [[Fianchetto]]
* [[King Centralization]]
* [[Mobility]]
* [[Occupancy]]
* [[Pawn Center]]
* [[Piece-Square Tables]]
* [[Space]]
* [[Square Control]]
* [[SOMA#SquareControl|Square Control]] in [[SOMA]]

=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_strategy#Control_of_the_center Control of the center | Chess strategy from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_chess School of chess from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/center-control-illusions Center control illusions?] by rashidarvioreyhan, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com]
* [https://www.chesscentral.com/Chess_Moves_Contril_Center_a/188.htm Chess Moves - Control the Center of the Chess Board]

=References=
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