yeah, i think they kinda have the same type of humor and it really shows, came to know chess as a fun game because of Charlie and Danuel, and now I'm addicted
@@ezemendoza8740 Yeah and Charlie really seems to be an attentive learner. Some streamers try to learn but don't really apply themselves/use their own ideas in game. They'll strictly follow lines/theory being told to them, so when a curveball happens they aren't prepared for it and hasn't been taught chess intuition.
21:28 Danny : You have a truly 5head move in the spirit of those games where Bobby Fischer *sacrificed his rook* , let’s see if you can find it Charlie : I think I see it... do I sack the knight? Danny : ..... almost.
Since im probably about the same level as charlie, I like that i can learn how to play, while also being incredibly entertained. Great content man keep it up!
@@vit9480 He wins a number of games that he plays by himself though. The stream just adds more tension for him and he doesn't play as confidently. Hence the losses.
@@vit9480 I mean I stream chess to my friends in discord when we’re in between playing other games and chilling and I lose way more often, the pressure from streaming to tens of thousands instead of 4/5 has to be much more
Actually would anyone know the merit or demerit, at 17:18, if white doesn't move queen to E2 but instead uses E5 rook to take E6 pawn? Wouldn't that also put pressure on the queen and the bishop now that the latter has moved to C6 and if black moves queen away, it would be essentially a free bishop?
I started playing last week after never having played in my life, im fuckin awful still but I have become obsessed. Highly recommend giving it a shot at least
Thanks! I'm loving these videos and find them super helpful to my own play. The way you teach Charlie is super easy to understand applicable to others at the same level. Not to mention the lessons are fun as entertainment in their own right!
13:05 Why does Daniel say e6 can't be defended by another pawn ? If e6 goes to e4, it'll be defended by f5 ? Is that because it can't go there without crossing the path of d4 ?
24:00 there I would be so afraid to getting mated by Qd1 > Rd1 (not noticing the knight also defending d1), that no way I'd find that checkmate ever in my life
35:40 I don't understand something here, pls explain. The move sequence cr1tikal said, Daniel said he can take the queen. But even if he doesn't take the queen, then and things go like Rf2, Rf2 Qe1. But the thing is there's no undefended forking square for knight, if he proceeds with Nf3, then white replies with pawn takes knight. Then he also can't fork queen and king with rook. What was the point?
Very happy to see the views are doing rlly well and this sounds a bit weird but I would be happy to see more ‘TH-cam’s things’ like an intro and asking to subscribe and what not as well as more ads just because I feel that would give your channel a much deserved boost!
39:35 lol I agree that marshals combination was convoluted and for show as he could’ve achieved the same result with knight e2+ then king h1 then you can deliver check with the knight on g3, since the king is on h1 the h2 pawn is pinned so you can’t take the knight with h2, if you take with the f2 pawn it’s checkmate because Rxf8 is backrank so the only way his opponent can stop this is Qxg3 and once that happens you can take back with rook with Rxg3. If you notice the rook is still attacking the queen that’s on c3 but it doesn’t matter because if he takes the queen you take back with the rook that’s on g3 and you are up a rook, if he takes the rook on g3 you will be up a queen because you’ll be able to take his rook after he takes yours, lol well hopefully I didn’t miss something and this combination works. Edit: after knight g3 check the king can just go back to g1 so never mind, I assumed knight g3 was checkmate and queen takes g3 was forced, damn that would’ve been a cool combination lmao
57:11 Could someone explain to me how is that checkmate? I only see the king taking his knight, and if queen goes up and takes the bishop, then King to g6. What am I missing? :(
Bishop d3 is completely winning but black still has king to h5. Queen f7 instead covers h5 and black king has no squares because of the dark square bishop.
The thumbnails have me fond of the head-cannon that time has passed since you started training Charlie and with his hair long he's now ready to start entering tournaments ; love these streams btw sensei
He's talking about Hikaru right? I love Hikaru and GM Daniel so that seemed pretty rude calling him an idiot. I watch Hikaru's stream and Daniel calling him an idiot makes me see how he is very salty about how Hikaru gets all the views even tho Daniel coached Charlie to the FAT checkmate over xQc in the twitch rivals. Edit: Wow yeah hes salty about the whole twitch rivals thing at 17:40 he talks about xQc. Damn, he coached Charlie wonderfully and he's got a little vendetta against Hikaru, thats sad
8:39 "johnisabomb, again, somebody who wants you to think he is cool, just from his account name" Do you realize that Charlie's account name is TurboFisto, right?
42:20 ok but what happens when white starts attacking your e pawn and knight with his queen, obviously still winning for black but I'm pretty sure Qg3 is way easier to win at least from my amateur perspective.
Idk 5:45 looks like castle kingside then let him take the bishop use the knight to fork the bishop and 2 rooks if he move the rook instead take with queen or take the other rook with the knight the one that is still trapped
The position at 17:18 seems legit like a free piece, I dont understand why go to improve the position when the fast material advantage could bring results faster. This is done by Rxe6, this attacks the qeen and also the bishop which then can be taken again by the rook, I dont see a way to defend this threat even if they capture the rook back by the queen its a trade of queens and the rook on d8 is also taken.
This is called legal's mate. It is one of the most well known checkmates next to the scholar's mate. Props to you though if you actually found it yourself.
Been learning some of the free learning on chess.com and doing some puzzles, as well as watching other chess streamers, but none are as good teachers as Daniel. Thanks for these videos - you've made the game in many ways more understandable!
27:30 Alright, I’m no GM, obviously, so please correct my mistake in trying to understand whether or not this is checkmate: Nxd4 Qxd4, Bb5+Qd7, Bxd7+Bxd7, Qxd7+Kxd7, .... Then, what? You pursue with Nc5+? If Black does Ke8, you cannot pursue with knight any further, and you have traded a bishop, a knight, and your queen for each of theirs? Do you develop Rd1? Then what happens if Be7? You have minimal center control outside of knight and rook, right? You also have material advantage, so it seems very advantageous in that sense. But checkmate? Am I missing a variation in the sequence?
@@kelsier6090 Queen up, bishop and pawn down. I don’t think that’s a guaranteed win. Of course, taking opponent’s queen while keeping yours is massive, but not necessarily game-ending, right?
27:30 you wouldn't win the queen because of where the knight is on e7. when white bishop goes b5 check, the black knight can block with c6 and protect the queen on d4. Although this is only because the black knight was on that spot instead of how the typical french has it on g6, not e7.
Unless I’m wrong, would it not have been more efficient to move queen e3? Then unless her had chose to completely ignore the queens presence entirely it would become forced mate right? Or am I missing something here?
It's the duo we never knew we wanted and honestly might not deserve but it's a blessing I don't even play chess but it's all good content between humor and top level play theory's
If black moves the knight to e2- delivering check white has to move to h1. Then we can bring the f8 rook to f2, so be has to take with the f1 rook, then we can move out queen to e1. Wouldn't that be a checkmate?
Rook on d8 to d6 would put a temporary pin on the bishop. Bishop is a long ranged unit so it would want to back but taking pawn on f5 can be put into a bad position by pawn on g7 to g6.
Is rook move to d6 and bishop decided to cower in safety behind pawn on c6, rook will die only killing the bishop, and moving the pawn. Which would at least get rid of the tension on King.
36:00 Black rook to f5, queen or rook has to move which will be taken by knight. Queen could chose to take knight on the c5 square if it was blind but it would choose to move to the up or back. Because it cannot occupy the e7 but could move to d8 because rook has been taken in the exchange leaving the king in check which would defeat purpose of moving rook to f5 in the purpose which was to get rid of queen. Queen can’t check king because king can move to e7. It would choose to kill the pawn or go back from the 5 square to somewhere like c1...
I'll be honest, I have zero knowledge on chess but the video's with these two and there personalities make for some unreal content and I'll happily watch them for hours. Pure love for you both
@@Mj-kl3rb thats the first move i saw as well. i put it into stockfish for like a a minute or so and it showed Nf3 to D4 so i think thats objectively the best move, but against lower rated people Qc2 is probably better because they may not see it
every episode daniel gets slightly faster at typing "TurboFisto" when inviting charlie to an analysis board
the real endgame
😂😂😂
This is the real story of improvement that we should be focusing on
Progression
Isn't it beautiful to think a chess grandmaster has "TurboFisto" ingrained into his muscle memory?
In a couple weeks they’ll be casually exchanging vicious personal attacks because they’re such good friends.
1:57 Daniel is already hitting Charlie hard
@@fertlis7043 jfc xd wtf is going on between the two
AshleyKing88 some good old fashioned male bonding
@@TW-sh2un don't know if I can agree or disagree, all I can say is they have to battle it out in the grease dojo to truly know who is on top
@@ashleyking8851 fucking grease dojo
Chess champion and hunger games actor? What can’t Charlie do?
@Liberty or Death haha
Becoming tall
@@mizwiz7145 wdym Charlie is 4'18"
Cry when next to onions
Sausages
1:58 Danya roasted Charlie so quickly that he didn't even have time to respond
Danya had the roast premoved
Chess master, everyone... Truly brilliant.
32:00 "This game was played was played in 1912"
"Great year"
"Yeah, no ship sank in that year"
Titanic had left the chat
Idk why but your chemistry with Charlie is so much better than the chemistry between any other streamer and coach. I love the content, keep it up🙌🏽
yeah, i think they kinda have the same type of humor and it really shows, came to know chess as a fun game because of Charlie and Danuel, and now I'm addicted
@@ezemendoza8740 Yeah and Charlie really seems to be an attentive learner. Some streamers try to learn but don't really apply themselves/use their own ideas in game. They'll strictly follow lines/theory being told to them, so when a curveball happens they aren't prepared for it and hasn't been taught chess intuition.
Anyone could get along with anyone yo
(Not ment to be rude, ment to spead peace ✌)
SugarRayD * you’re not being rude, you’re being anoying
Dude... relax. And think before you say something man. You just look like an ignorant racist.
21:28
Danny : You have a truly 5head move in the spirit of those games where Bobby Fischer *sacrificed his rook* , let’s see if you can find it
Charlie : I think I see it... do I sack the knight?
Danny : ..... almost.
lmao thanks for timestamping
21:43 He looks like he was excited there for a moment when Charlie said to take the b5 pawn.😆
11:04 did he just make a chess pun “between a rook and a hard place”? well played, daniel. well played.
Honestly I find these lessons with Charlie really instructive, keep up the great work!
I really wish there was s compilation of all of Daniel's subtle roasts. They're always pure gold
I wonder if other accounts think turbofisto is intimidating?
With a GM evaluating all of his moves probably...
@@lucmermans37 yeah I'd be tilted if my opponents had GM help. In ranked.
@@Classified141 their ratings are refunded
the comedy of these two are just insane lmao
Daniel's build up on the golden coins story reminds me of Charlie's bored burgers joke. It's amazing how similar they are too each other
47:24 *Agadmator* "captures, captures."
40:00 I actually thought of Queen to G3 with the million clues from Danya, now I feel like a 5head.
These streams are too good I'm gon- oh it's already *THROBBING*
12:02 Danya is absolutely ruthless with his roasts. 😂
I know I'm late to the party but who is Danya roasting here? I don't know and it's killing me lol
@@imranyafith4251 he's roasting the guy he's talking to
I love the relationship you've guys developed
they've also developed knights and bishops
@@spratyey baa dumm tss
@@spratyey bruh
"You guys have developed" would have sounded more natural. Just a suggestion
Since im probably about the same level as charlie, I like that i can learn how to play, while also being incredibly entertained. Great content man keep it up!
11:56 brilliant
Imagine if Charlie gets banned just for good play by hints from Daniel lol
Good to know that ratings are refunded because in Charlie’s chess stream without Danya’s guidance, he loses like every game to 900-1000 players.
@@vit9480 He wins a number of games that he plays by himself though. The stream just adds more tension for him and he doesn't play as confidently. Hence the losses.
Brawl Box can I open your brawl box
@Brawl Box jo
@@vit9480 I mean I stream chess to my friends in discord when we’re in between playing other games and chilling and I lose way more often, the pressure from streaming to tens of thousands instead of 4/5 has to be much more
Holy hell im so proud of myself I saw the move I saw g3 holy shit what a confidence booster my god
Rated a bit over 1200
Can I get showered in gold now
@@TheCalebH422 yes
@@TheCalebH422 only if you say "thanks for the gold kind stranger"
I'm proud for seeing E4 almost every game
Daniel and Charlie? I click, the sempai and sensei
These lessons with Charlie are everything! You guys just *work* as a comedic and teacher student team and it's fucking great
12:00 missed the crucial "YEEEEES! YEEEEEEEES!"
"Take care of your future self; something you don't do in real life." That hit home too.
Actually would anyone know the merit or demerit, at 17:18, if white doesn't move queen to E2 but instead uses E5 rook to take E6 pawn? Wouldn't that also put pressure on the queen and the bishop now that the latter has moved to C6 and if black moves queen away, it would be essentially a free bishop?
“you need to rob a bank and you’re trying to pick up a ten dollar bill from the floor”. legendary quote
This is fucking gold. Not only is it top tier entertainment to watch you guys but I'm learning a lot of things too.
I don't even like chess why am I here?
Maybe I can learn to like chess.
Chess is a fantastic game. I hope you enjoy it!
I started playing last week after never having played in my life, im fuckin awful still but I have become obsessed. Highly recommend giving it a shot at least
@@combatcorncob6334 I hadn't played In years and Charlie got me back in
@@LainPuzzlewell Keep playing! learn simple checkmate patterns, do some puzzles, play against good players
I just like their dynamic
Don't know much about chess but I feel like this is a really good way to learn
Thanks! I'm loving these videos and find them super helpful to my own play. The way you teach Charlie is super easy to understand applicable to others at the same level. Not to mention the lessons are fun as entertainment in their own right!
at 19:55 can't you simply take blacks e pawn with the rook and then the bishop with the rook?
13:05 Why does Daniel say e6 can't be defended by another pawn ? If e6 goes to e4, it'll be defended by f5 ? Is that because it can't go there without crossing the path of d4 ?
12:00 Danya roasting Yasser is hilarious
24:00 there I would be so afraid to getting mated by Qd1 > Rd1 (not noticing the knight also defending d1), that no way I'd find that checkmate ever in my life
Thank you for these videos Daniel, i love following along with your lessons!
35:40 I don't understand something here, pls explain. The move sequence cr1tikal said, Daniel said he can take the queen. But even if he doesn't take the queen, then and things go like Rf2, Rf2 Qe1. But the thing is there's no undefended forking square for knight, if he proceeds with Nf3, then white replies with pawn takes knight. Then he also can't fork queen and king with rook. What was the point?
Ben Finegold is the final boss in the Moistcr1tikal saga.
Lol
Very happy to see the views are doing rlly well and this sounds a bit weird but I would be happy to see more ‘TH-cam’s things’ like an intro and asking to subscribe and what not as well as more ads just because I feel that would give your channel a much deserved boost!
Charlie sneakily adds @21:15 to his folder for rainy days
i peed in my sink
IKR you can just wash your hands at the same time it’s amazing!
@@audioprowess9208 lmao
Im guilty aswell
Relatable :)
noob, i shat in my sink
39:35 lol I agree that marshals combination was convoluted and for show as he could’ve achieved the same result with knight e2+ then king h1 then you can deliver check with the knight on g3, since the king is on h1 the h2 pawn is pinned so you can’t take the knight with h2, if you take with the f2 pawn it’s checkmate because Rxf8 is backrank so the only way his opponent can stop this is Qxg3 and once that happens you can take back with rook with Rxg3. If you notice the rook is still attacking the queen that’s on c3 but it doesn’t matter because if he takes the queen you take back with the rook that’s on g3 and you are up a rook, if he takes the rook on g3 you will be up a queen because you’ll be able to take his rook after he takes yours, lol well hopefully I didn’t miss something and this combination works. Edit: after knight g3 check the king can just go back to g1 so never mind, I assumed knight g3 was checkmate and queen takes g3 was forced, damn that would’ve been a cool combination lmao
At 17:27, would Rook take e6 be a good move?
57:11 Could someone explain to me how is that checkmate? I only see the king taking his knight, and if queen goes up and takes the bishop, then King to g6. What am I missing? :(
i think after that bishop to d3 delivers the checkmate?
Yup, didn't see that either!
Bishop d3 is completely winning but black still has king to h5. Queen f7 instead covers h5 and black king has no squares because of the dark square bishop.
Bishop to d3 is still winning because after the king goes to h5 Qh3 is checkmate
The thumbnails have me fond of the head-cannon that time has passed since you started training Charlie and with his hair long he's now ready to start entering tournaments ; love these streams btw sensei
11:00 should black play b5 to kick the bishop away or focus on his dark squared bishop fianchetto?
Thank you for posting this. It is exactly the calculation video I have been looking for.
please more of this! I love when u spectate his games
12:00 Who is he talking about? Anyone got an idea?
I would also like to know lmao
Yasser I think
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@@josephmellor7641 Oh interesting.
Was it just a joke then? He seemed kinda salty, saying he's an idiot.
He's talking about Hikaru right? I love Hikaru and GM Daniel so that seemed pretty rude calling him an idiot. I watch Hikaru's stream and Daniel calling him an idiot makes me see how he is very salty about how Hikaru gets all the views even tho Daniel coached Charlie to the FAT checkmate over xQc in the twitch rivals.
Edit: Wow yeah hes salty about the whole twitch rivals thing at 17:40 he talks about xQc. Damn, he coached Charlie wonderfully and he's got a little vendetta against Hikaru, thats sad
At 35:00 Sacrifice queen F3 move knight F3 then Rook H2.
Love watching these videos. It’s firing up my desire to play chess with my buddies again 🔥🔥
I'm loving this series, keep up the great work!
41:14 Here you take the rook, but couldn't the king take the knight instead to avoid ruining his pawn structure?
It's losing either way, but it would be two rooks vs rook instead of rook and knight vs rook, so you'd lose faster, be in an even worse position
8:39 "johnisabomb, again, somebody who wants you to think he is cool, just from his account name"
Do you realize that Charlie's account name is TurboFisto, right?
Thats why he said again :p
as a secondary, less brilliant play, what about moving the rook to f5, since it'd be defended by Nd4 and e6, @ 36:00 ?
This is definitely my new favorite anime
@17:33 wouldn't going Re6 also work well? forces him to move queen away and take bishop for free
50:48 someone in chat said shroud
was he in the chat or is he trolling? because i didn't see any shroud
42:20 ok but what happens when white starts attacking your e pawn and knight with his queen, obviously still winning for black but I'm pretty sure Qg3 is way easier to win at least from my amateur perspective.
Idk 5:45 looks like castle kingside then let him take the bishop use the knight to fork the bishop and 2 rooks if he move the rook instead take with queen or take the other rook with the knight the one that is still trapped
The position at 17:18 seems legit like a free piece, I dont understand why go to improve the position when the fast material advantage could bring results faster. This is done by Rxe6, this attacks the qeen and also the bishop which then can be taken again by the rook, I dont see a way to defend this threat even if they capture the rook back by the queen its a trade of queens and the rook on d8 is also taken.
I saw that as well but I assumed it didn't work because of the pin. Good find
Felt so good find that QG3 at the end on my own, I don't even play chess Kreygasm
I honestly could watch you two together for a long time
I love the chemistry between Daniel and Charlie.
And I want to say again Daniel is a great teacher!
hey can u put the date it was streamed in the title or description? i think that would be helpful to know
Loooooool 20:55 “someone in chat named Cosmic Equinox just had a baby girl if you want to yell at his baby”
Wait what
5:22 Am I tripping out or does he miss another fork on blacks Rooks
Dude you're awesome. Amazed with how much enthusiasm you're teaching a lower rated player. Wish I had enough money to hire you lol
hey daniel, here's a nice combination I found while playing today:
1.e4 e5 2. nc3 nc6 3. Nf3 d6! 4.bc4 bg4 5. nxe5! after bxd1, 6. Bxf7 ke7 7. Nd5#
This is called legal's mate. It is one of the most well known checkmates next to the scholar's mate. Props to you though if you actually found it yourself.
Alec Its the thought that counts
Pro tip dude, try to throw in 5.h3 before going Nxe5...because in your line if they play Nxe5 instead of Bxd1, you'll be down a piece for nothing..
Daniel, when you gonna be on Official Podcast?
Been learning some of the free learning on chess.com and doing some puzzles, as well as watching other chess streamers, but none are as good teachers as Daniel. Thanks for these videos - you've made the game in many ways more understandable!
As soon as Daniel mentioned one of the most famous sacrifices in chess history, I immediately knew he was talking about The American Beauty.
27:30 Alright, I’m no GM, obviously, so please correct my mistake in trying to understand whether or not this is checkmate:
Nxd4 Qxd4,
Bb5+Qd7,
Bxd7+Bxd7,
Qxd7+Kxd7,
.... Then, what? You pursue with Nc5+? If Black does Ke8, you cannot pursue with knight any further, and you have traded a bishop, a knight, and your queen for each of theirs? Do you develop Rd1? Then what happens if Be7? You have minimal center control outside of knight and rook, right? You also have material advantage, so it seems very advantageous in that sense. But checkmate? Am I missing a variation in the sequence?
I dont believe he said checkmate just that white wins the game after taking the queen cause having that much material up is an auto win
@@kelsier6090 Queen up, bishop and pawn down. I don’t think that’s a guaranteed win. Of course, taking opponent’s queen while keeping yours is massive, but not necessarily game-ending, right?
@@samuellanghus1455 its not game ending but yeah it becomes a massive advantage
38:27 why don't you move C1 to C4?
11:40 - would knight C5 have been better?
another great vid, the puzzles spamming scholars mate was funny lmao
Show him some Tal's games. I think that he gonna love them. There is a lot of crazy combinations
and nezhmetdinov
17:05 Min why is Rxe6 not considered ?
Fantastic video + stream as usual - you’re a great inspiration to anyone going into chess!
27:30 you wouldn't win the queen because of where the knight is on e7. when white bishop goes b5 check, the black knight can block with c6 and protect the queen on d4. Although this is only because the black knight was on that spot instead of how the typical french has it on g6, not e7.
The block doesn't do anything since i can just take the queen with my queen.
Daniel is becoming more like Charlie and Charlie is becoming more like Daniel lol.
Unless I’m wrong, would it not have been more efficient to move queen e3? Then unless her had chose to completely ignore the queens presence entirely it would become forced mate right? Or am I missing something here?
Who was he making an impression at around 12:00?
bruh come on didn't u watched the Legendary Checkmate by Charlie.
@@Bingus453 the legendary 6/9 scholar's mate as predicted by The Prophet Naroditsky?
The insights are super helpful and fun - great combo I should say
I found b8 and checked if he could stop me but im 640 because im always getting in a bad position at the start
Really appreciate Charlie taking the time to teach Daniel chess
wonder duo back at it again
There's some top quality banter in this stream, giggling like an idiot over here.
12:02 lmao
It's the duo we never knew we wanted and honestly might not deserve but it's a blessing I don't even play chess but it's all good content between humor and top level play theory's
Why are your videos 720p only
If black moves the knight to e2- delivering check white has to move to h1. Then we can bring the f8 rook to f2, so be has to take with the f1 rook, then we can move out queen to e1. Wouldn't that be a checkmate?
I’m not a chess player but at 24:22 what happens if black queen moves to d7?
Or black rook on d8 to d6?
If queen went to d7, pawn or bishop takes which would destroy the foundation for the checkmate game.
Rook on d8 to d6 would put a temporary pin on the bishop. Bishop is a long ranged unit so it would want to back but taking pawn on f5 can be put into a bad position by pawn on g7 to g6.
Is rook move to d6 and bishop decided to cower in safety behind pawn on c6, rook will die only killing the bishop, and moving the pawn. Which would at least get rid of the tension on King.
36:00
Black rook to f5, queen or rook has to move which will be taken by knight. Queen could chose to take knight on the c5 square if it was blind but it would choose to move to the up or back. Because it cannot occupy the e7 but could move to d8 because rook has been taken in the exchange leaving the king in check which would defeat purpose of moving rook to f5 in the purpose which was to get rid of queen. Queen can’t check king because king can move to e7. It would choose to kill the pawn or go back from the 5 square to somewhere like c1...
Seeing the development of Charlie making moves confidently and then asking instead of asking before every move is awesome to see
I feel bad for the 900 rating oppenents Daniel destroyed with Jesus as his mouse
Glad I got to hear about this Atlanta chess camp hoping I have the opportunity to go
do you do other personal lessons also?
I'll be honest, I have zero knowledge on chess but the video's with these two and there personalities make for some unreal content and I'll happily watch them for hours. Pure love for you both
Yo Danya, would Knight to D4 at 3:54 would have been better than G5?
It would have exposed the queen to blacks rook
7:45
@@mooneulogy8717 I know that this move is better, I am just asking if my move was better than moistcr1tical's
@@Mj-kl3rb thats the first move i saw as well. i put it into stockfish for like a a minute or so and it showed Nf3 to D4 so i think thats objectively the best move, but against lower rated people Qc2 is probably better because they may not see it
@@mooneulogy8717 Interesting, thank you