I think he genuinely believes that nobody would spot him, but chess is a tremendously complex game to master. I've been playing solidly since April online and in a chess club since October.

I've attempted to study from books, analysed my own games etc and I still make basic mistakes, and that's in tournament level games, let alone in a 15 min online game where I simply wouldn't have time to think.

If you are not cheating Ice you should take the game up and study it as you are clearly a natural at the game. You also seem to have this intuitive understanding even without knowing the names of openings or having any positional or strategic awareness, it's amazing.