Remembering Theory

If somebody were to ask you to name all of the books you've read, you would probably be able to name only a small percentage. But, if somebody were to name a book that you've read, even if you read it more than a decade ago you could probably tell them the plot, characters, and what you learned from the book. I think that a similar phenomenon is present in remembering opening moves. A grandmaster would have serious trouble naming all lines, deviations, and moves in his repertoire. But, if you played through some opening moves in his repertoire, he could probably instantly tell you the best moves, ideas, plans, etc. from that given position. I experience this, do you guys as well?

Lol...Before couple of months ago Kramnik was joking him self , he always forget he's opening preparation.

I suggest Carlsen's dogma. You must always have faith in to your moves regardless if there are the best ones.

Playing with confidence is more important than remembering twenty moves deep. In modern era of chess opening theory rarely help someone win games but remembering ideas and plans are more vital.

Watch the last Blitz game Carlsen vs MVL . Magnus remember the plan to push d6 but not the exactly moves because in Chess your opponent can react with different ways. It's not the same with the book that doesn't change characters or symbols.

Yes. I tend to know the patterns/positions/goals more than the specific move orders, but I'll reach a position where, for example, I know that I need to make a certain developing /move as Black before I can launch a counterattack.  I later check with an opening book, Opening Explorer, database, Stockfish, etc. and find that's what I was supposed to do.