I'm 1400 rating & after watching many GM video's of them playing it seems to me that I would need to start learning openings & the plans behind them to improve further.
It's no good just being good at the game when you are playing people that know all the lines and traps in all the openings.
Soon I'm going to choose 2 openings for white ,2 for black. & I will take the time to learn them off by heart, the traps & all the plans. I know for me it's the way forward from here.
Up till now I have just been playing any opening I feel like just to try them all out to get a feel as to what I like playing best.
Anyways I know deep in my heart if I did this I will get to 1600 rapid on here.
I hope
Yes, you have to memorize more variations than the number of atoms in sun and then you'll crush everyone
Easy as that!!