So, I put my plan in motion and began playing at chess.com. I started unrated and had to play five games to get my first rating.
In the first game I got a victory by resignation on the 16th move, after my white knight forked the black king and queen. But the game review said I played with only 69.5 accuracy. I guess it didn’t like me taking too long to check mate. Despite that, it said I played two great moves. Estimated 900 rating for this game. Opponent from: Philippines. Opening: Ruy López, Morphy Defense, Deferred Schliemann Defense (I wish I knew that’s what I was playing).
The second game, playing with the black pieces, I won by checkmate on the 43rd move. This time I had a much better accuracy, 83.0. Estimated 1350 rating for this game. Opponent from: India. Opening: Queen’s Pawn , 1 … c6.
The third game, playing with the black pieces again, I won by resignation on the 25th move, after my knight forked the king and a rook. My accuracy here was 76.5. Estimated 1200 rating for this game. Opponent from: Indonesia. Opening: King’s Pawn, Leonardis Variation.
I won the fourth game with the white pieces on the 48th move, by checkmate. There was a moment where I thought I was lost, but I managed to play a discovered attack on the black queen with check (a great move, said the computer) and that turned the game around. My accuracy here was 73.3. Estimated 1200 rating for this game. Opponent from: Brazil. Opening: Colle System (I learned that from Rey Enigma on YouTube).
The fifth game, with the black pieces, I won on the 20th move by resignation, after my opponent miscalculated an exchange of pieces and emerged with one piece less than me. My accuracy was the highest so far, 82.8. Estimated 1550 rating for this game. Opponent from: USA. Opening: Queen’s Pawn, Chigorin Variation.
So, after five games, I have a rating. To my surprise it’s 1264, beyond my realistic goal of 1000 and my optimistic goal of 1200. But I don’t think it will be so easy from now on, as I will keep getting stronger opponents. I expect my rating to stand around this level or even go down, because soon I will find players who will defeated me. I’m curious to see when I will encounter this brick wall.