Do You HAVE to Dominate Center to Win?

I can understand the advantages of controlling the center of the board in chess, particularly in the early stages of chess. 

My question is whether or not you absolutely have to dominate the center to win?  Can a person have a weak or merely moderately strong center and develop slightly off to the side of it and still have a strong chance of winning a game? 

I'm not suggesting opening your knights to the A or H files and playing the extreme sides of the board (that would seem a bit extreme and too limiting), but what about being slightly "off-center." 

This is just a curiosity of mine as a relative newbie to the game.   

Some examples of games, "styles, or openings that don't control the center and yet are strong openings would be great.

no, you dont need a strong centre at all to win. There will be differing opinions on this, as at top level very few players are willing to give away the centre so easily, so many players lower down assume they shouldnt either.

An example of an opening which games you could study for counter attacking large centres would be the alekhine or modern.

A center attack is stronger than a flank attack. But sometimes, you can't attack in the center, because it is closed, or simply there is nothing to attack there. Then you should attack on a flank. If you have good control over the center, it is much easier for you to attack on a flank, because your pieces have more free space to move, so you can transfer your central pieces to a flank.

Pieces are at their strongest when places in the center. If you can't place them there and your opponent does, you'll be at a disadvantage. Except for blunders, it's extremely hard to win a normal game without the center.

->  My question is whether or not you absolutely have to dominate the center to win?

Yes. If there are two players with rating over 2000 it is a must.

Of course each human makes blunders, but i do not talk about that kind of situation.

- > Can a person have a weak or merely moderately strong center and develop slightly off to the side of it and still have a strong chance of winning a game?

Only if opponent would play in that same way. (Not dominating center) 

->   Some examples of games, "styles, or openings that don't control the center and yet are strong openings would be great.

There is no healthy in that kind of openings.

But there are openings where center is stuck, and then one attack on kingside other on queenside.

Hope i helped.

Dominance in the center is certainly a plus, and may be decisive most of the time. Equality in the center may shift the battle to the flanks, which can be interesting. No part of the board can be ignored, consequently the center demands attention. If one is to surrender the center, the flank attack had best be overwhelming.

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Well played,  well played indeed.

I can't tell you how many times that has happened to me!

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I think the answer is you don't have to dominate the center, but you can't let your opponent dominate the center. 

Space is the key not the centre and there are thousands of games where that has been the concept!