Beth Harmon (22)

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noobsausage

I'm very much a beginner at chess, I understand the rules but haven't really studied any openings, etc...  I know that you want to control the center and very basic knowledge like that, but that is essentially it and I somehow beat Beth 22 (2700) without any hints. How is that possible?

I have seen some posts where people speculate that the actual ELO is 400 to 500 points lower but even at 2300 - 2200 I should have been absolutely mauled.

Maybe the AI program is adaptive and knows by the first several moves when someone is more or less a beginner and takes it easy on them as to not discourage them?

[Event "vs Computer"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "noobsausage"]
[Black "Beth (22)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "-"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 h6 6. Bd3 Rh7? ± {MISTAKE
(+1.55)} ({(-0.05) The best move was} 6... Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 c6 9. e4 dxe4
10. Nxe4 Bxd2 11. Nexd2 Re8 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3) 7. O-O Na6
{INACCURACY (+2.56)} ({(+1.36) The best move was} 7... Bxd3 8. cxd3 Ne7 9. Qb3
Nbc6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 g5 12. b4 a6 13. a4 g4 14. Nh4 Nc8 15. g3 Rh8 16. b5
axb5 17. axb5) 8. a3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 Qf6?? {BLUNDER (+7.48)} ({(+1.28) The best
move was} 9... Bd6 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Nb5 Ne7 12. e4 c6 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Rae1 f6
15. Re2 Rh8 16. Rfe1 Nc7 17. e5 Qd7 18. exf6 gxf6 19. h3 Kf7) 10. axb4 Rd8
{INACCURACY (+9.25)} ({(+7.17) The best move was} 10... Qd8 11. e4 Nxb4 12. Qb3
a5 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. exd5 exd5 15. Bf4 Kf8 16. Nxc7 Rc8 17. Nxd5 Nge7 18. Nxe7
Nxe7) 11. e4 c6 12. exd5 Nb8 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14. Ne5 b5 15. Rxa7 f6? {MISTAKE
(+21.90)} ({(+10.55) The best move was} 15... Kf8 16. Re1 g5 17. Qa1 Qc8 18. Qa2
Ne7 19. Rxe7 Kxe7 20. Ng6+ Kf6 21. Ne7 Re8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. d5 Kg6 24. Qa5 cxd5
25. Nxd5) 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Nd7 18. d5 Qe7 19. dxc6 Qxb4 20. cxd7+ Rxd7 21.
Ra8+ Kf7 22. Ned5 Qd4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. f4 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Rxd5 26. Rb8 Rh6 27. d4
Ne7 28. g3 Kg6 29. Qc1 h4 30. c4 bxc4 31. Qxc4 hxg3 32. hxg3 Rdh5 33. Rf8 Rh2??
{BLUNDER (+61.64)} ({(+14.98) The best move was} 33... Nf5 34. Qf7+ Kh7 35. Kf2
Rh2+ 36. Kf3 R2h3 37. Bf2 R6h5 38. Qe8 Nh4+ 39. Ke2 Ng6 40. Rg8 Ra5 41. Qf7 Ra2+
42. Qxa2 Rh2 43. Qd5) 34. d5 Rb2?? {BLUNDER (♔ Mate in 7)} ({(+13.33) The best
move was} 34... Kh7 35. Qe4+ Ng6 36. d6 f5 37. Rxf5 R2h3 38. Rg5 Rh1+ 39. Qxh1
Rxh1+ 40. Kxh1 Nf8) 35. d6 Nc6?? {BLUNDER (♔ Mate in 2)} ({(+29.75) The best
move was} 35... Rh3 36. Qf7+ Kh7 37. Bf2 Rb3 38. Qxb3 Ng6 39. d7 Kh6 40. d8=Q
Nxf8 41. f5 Nh7 42. Qe8 Nf8 43. Qxf8 Rh1+ 44. Kxh1) 36. Qxc6 {FASTER MATE (♔
Mate in 7)} ({(♔ Mate in 2) Checkmate after} 36. f5+ Kh5 37. Qh4#) 36... Kf5 37.
Qc5+ Kg6?? {BLUNDER (+79.90)} ({(+49.22) The best move was} 37... Kg4 38. Qd4
Rbh2 39. f5+ Kh3 40. Qd5 Rh7 41. d7 Rh6 42. d8=Q g5 43. Qf3 g4 44. Qfd5 Rh5 45.
Qxf6 Rh7 46. Rh8) 38. f5+ Kh5 39. Rg8 {FASTER MATE (♔ Mate in 5)} ({(♔ Mate in
4) Checkmate after} 39. Qc6 Rf2 40. Kxf2 Kg4 41. Qf3+ Kh3 42. Rh1#) 39... Rb7
40. Qc6 Rb4 41. Rxg7 Rg6 42. fxg6 {FASTER MATE (♔ Mate in 3)} ({(♔ Mate in 2)
Checkmate after} 42. Qh1+ Kg4 43. Rxg6#) 42... Ra4 43. Qxa4 f5 □ 44. Rxf5# 1-0

leahabs1
It must have a mistake on the software bc that’s really not possible for an amateur to beat a 2700 rated player. Also, can I have the honour of being your first opponent on this app?