Does this look like a 1 year player to you?

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In your opinion, does this look like someone who's played for only 1 year (or less, according to the profile)? Says he's only watched Gotham, no training.

I certainly made some mistakes (and one bigger one), but he's doing some things that don't seem indicative of essentially everyone I've played at this level:

  • Leaving the tension between pawns / pieces
  • Taking with the queen early (beginners tend to hold on to it for dear life)
  • Stacking rooks
  • Calculating forks and pins
  • Running my King away to grab a pawn
  • Doing all this on good time

IDK, I'm a beginner myself but I feel like I didn't play terribly and this guy just saw everything and then tore me to shreds. 84 accuracy, 0 blunders, 24 best moves (1 great) - do casuals who watch a YT channel play this well after <1 year?

[Event "Live Chess"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2024.06.08"]

[Round "?"]

[White "me"]

[Black "myOpponent"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "B01"]

[WhiteElo "1151"]

[BlackElo "1184"]

[TimeControl "600"]

[EndTime "13:54:50 PDT"]

[Termination "myOpponent won by resignation"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.

Ne5 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3

Qxc3 15. bxc3 Rfd8 16. h3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Rd3 h6

21. Bh4 g5 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Red1 h5 24. h4 g4 25. f3 gxf3 26. Kf2 fxg2 27. Kxg2

Ne3+ 28. Rxe3 Rxd1 29. Bf2 R1d2 30. Rg3+ Kf8 31. Rg5 Rxc2 32. Rxh5 Rdd2 33. Rh8+

Ke7 34. h5 Rxf2+ 35. Kg3 Rg2+ 36. Kf3 Rcf2+ 37. Ke4 Rg4+ 38. Ke3 Rh2 39. h6 Rgh4

40. Kd3 Rxh6 41. Rxh6 Rxh6 42. Kd4 Rh3 43. Kc5 Rxc3+ 44. Kb4 Re3 45. Kc5 Rxe5+

46. Kxc6 Re4 47. Kxb5 Rd4 48. a4 Rxa4 49. Kxa4 f5 50. Ka5 f4 51. Ka6 f3 52. Kxa7

f2 0-1