Don't MEMORIZE openings until 2000.
That's the correct tip. You could even argue that 2200 is the correct rating cap.
Studying openings, at all levels, is immensely useful, because it teaches you new ideas, both tactical and positional. There are a lot of excellent opening books out there that will improve your chess greatly.
BUT.
Knowing openings won't help you break 2000! It's your general chess knowledge that will, and sub-2200 games are almost always decided by something entirely other than the opening. If player A gets a "comfortable advantage" out of the opening, that doesn't mean they're going to win the game at sub 2200-level.
Middlegame magick plays a huge role in high level games , and an unforgiving endgame..
p.s. i like your grandmaster rating.
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Don't MEMORIZE openings until 2000.
That's the correct tip. You could even argue that 2200 is the correct rating cap.
Studying openings, at all levels, is immensely useful, because it teaches you new ideas, both tactical and positional. There are a lot of excellent opening books out there that will improve your chess greatly.
BUT.
Knowing openings won't help you break 2000! It's your general chess knowledge that will, and sub-2200 games are almost always decided by something entirely other than the opening. If player A gets a "comfortable advantage" out of the opening, that doesn't mean they're going to win the game at sub 2200-level.
Middlegame magick plays a huge role in high level games , and an unforgiving endgame..
p.s. i like your grandmaster rating.