It isn't the best move in that position

Nf6 could defend d7 and prevent Qh5

@@yoavravid7893 Never played spell chess before, but let me take a stab at it: freeze the bishop and push the pawn to g5, preventing Qh4, right? Then next turn you can do something about the bishop and you'll still have castling rights later.

​@@John73John freeze the bishop and play Bb4

​@@yoavravid7893 that would still use a spell though, and arguably saving spells is the best move

I'm not surprised about it cause watching his other videos you can tell he's a smart guy and a skilled chess player

And it's his first game too (if he's not lying). He's a genius

​@@therecruitking1623🎉

I believe him that it's his first game, but he mentioned nothing about not aquiring prior knowledge, I suppose he checked some videos for basic tactics beforehand.

Yea ppl really underestimate this guy. I swear this guy's at least sitting at 2000 elo

!!

Outstanding move.

Have you read The Order of the Stick? If not you should; there is whole big Level joke panel, and if no other part interests you, check that one out at least.

Brilliance

Holy wtf top tier iq

„I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me.“

ChatGPT chess then?

He already tried to play it lol

Fps chess

Just make sure to freeze the king on the right side of the field to also freeze the pawn on the left of the field. Otherwise that pawn could dive right in there

@@TheThursty100 it's double check,so you don't need to care about either side getting block, the other side can jump through.

@@killerstc329 ah yeah true

​@@killerstc329It cannot jump through without using the other spell, for which there will be insufficient mana.

and not a coward

I was almost expecting him to win without a spell

That video would be five hours long. Yes please.

Wdym again, isn't it always?

@@hugoguh1 Newbie.

his name isnt simp for nothing

that early game was nuts

would never expect less from the master himself

@@elayneee7772 No, his name is simp and definitely not for nothing

@@XpomAE hmm what did i not say?

Almost as awful as Team Momo's recent showings... BUT THIS IS OUR YEAR

I kind of suspect that there's going to be some kind of way for white to guarantee a win in the first several moves of the game with optimal play (or at least put black into such an obviously disadvantaged position that there's no coming back from) - it feels like white starts the game super close to a checkmate and that if they don't misplay it black will always be forced to make really awkward plays to prevent it until it becomes impossible to do anything that isn't awful for black. I think freezing centered on black's queen on turn 1 might actually be overpowered - if you can't move any of those pieces on turn 1 then black has to spend a turn moving pieces that don't actually put it any closer to threatening white, and the king stays in a position where it can't move in any direction, which is really scary when the opponent can jump over pieces.

Untrue, winning a queen from a spell is definitely worth it!

not a no brainer though sacrificing a bishop/knight is worth looking at the position and a rook might not be worth it@@PorkerChop

Often. a newer player will try the spell chess early mate, and end up hanging their queen. You simply block the initial bishop attack with a pawn preemptively and they will often still try to atrack with a queen. Then you use jump on the pawn in front of your rook and take the queen and they resign.

relying on mistakes is not reliable, AT ALL@@armitroner

"Have you seen my Mommy?"

Lol, MtN fans

@@Sunny-hm7ui Party Crashers too : P

for me, that first move was brilliant

they have separate cooldowns, but you can only use one spell before each turn

@@totallynotpaul6211 one to freeze next turn to ghost

@@TheThursty100 freeze and ghost both only last 1 turn

@@totallynotpaul6211 yeah but that's enough

Yep, that will be a checkmate, but remember this is his first game

You would then die to the Bishop + jump spell though

Won't work. With Qh5, there's a double attack on the king since the bishop will be unfrozen next move, re-threatening the king. Taking the queen with the rook won't stop the bishop.

legendary king sacrifice !!!

Whoops...

@@heliam1789 this is what happens when you try to act smart and backseat someone higher rated than you in chess, you end up looking like the biggest idiot instead.

Incorrect. That would still lead to checkmate as the bishop could jump over the pawn to take the king.