How to stay motivated to do openings? In chess

How can you feel motivated to do openings? Whenever I am trying to do chess openings I feel drowsy. I looked at some articles like

chessarena.com/news/all/how-to-stay-motivated-in-chess-tips-for-long-term-improvement/#:~:text=Establishing%20clear%20and%20achievable%20goals,and%20direction%20in%20your%20practice.

But I still can't get it.

I think that this quote gives the basic idea for learning about a specific opening:
"... The way I suggest you study this book is to play through the main games once, relatively quickly, and then start playing the variation in actual games. Playing an opening in real games is of vital importance - without this kind of live practice it is impossible to get a 'feel' for the kind of game it leads to. There is time enough later for involvement with the details, after playing your games it is good to look up the line. ..." - GM Nigel Davies (2005)
In a nutshell, pick up what you can from quickly playing over some games (skipping a lot of the details). Then use your own games as a guide for where to learn more. I once wasted a lot of time, reading about the position after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3 e6 7 Bxc4 Bb4 8 O-O O-O 9 Qe2, only to realize (eventually) that the position never arose in any of my games.
Here are some more quotes on learning about openings:
"... For beginning players, [the book, Discovering Chess Openings by GM Emms,] will offer an opportunity to start out on the right foot and really get a feel for what is happening on the board. ..." - FM Carsten Hansen (2006)
web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
www.amazon.com/Discovering-Chess-Openings-Building-Principles/dp/1857444191?asin=1857444191&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
"... Overall, I would advise most players to stick to a fairly limited range of openings, and not to worry about learning too much by heart. ... the average player only needs to know a limited amount about the openings he plays. Providing he understands the main aims of the opening, a few typical plans and a handful of basic variations, that is enough. ..." - FM Steve Giddins (2008)
"... Read many annotated game collections ... By looking at entire games, the aspiring player learns about openings, middlegames, and endgames all at one fell swoop. Playing through annotated games spurs improvement as the reader learns how good players consistently handle common positions and problems. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2007)
web.archive.org/web/20140627062646/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman81.pdf
"... As is the wont with modern opening works, these books usually centre their recommended variations around an instructive and/or entertaining game, without great depth but with sufficient detail to show the main branches and explain basic ideas. This is absolutely legitimate ..." - IM John Watson (2012)
web.archive.org/web/20140627015516/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen163.pdf
"... I am not a big fan of weaker players memorizing lots of opening lines they will never play. However, it is quite a different issue to spend a small amount of time learning how to play your openings a little better each time they occur. A long journey begins with a single step. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2005)
web.archive.org/web/20140627023809/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman50.pdf

Yep, these things can indeed get pretty tedious...

Remind yourself what having a losing position after 6 moves feels like. And the purgatory climb to try and get back equal. That will motivate you.

1) keep openings very limited your 1st year or two or ten.

2) don't bounce around learning 10 openings. Research and decide what suits your intended playstyle.

3) it's impossible to perfectly learn the 10+ openings and over 40 common variations that can be played against you in a year or 5 or ever.

Focus what you see the most. Don't spend 30hrs on facing Queen's Indian when you won't see it more than 2% of time below 1600.

Every month choose 1 white variation and 1 black to specialize in training. You can review others and do quick practice games to keep familiarized.

That way you get many hours of consistent practice and will remember the lines more. If you bounce around learning 10 things in a month you will forget 11 things.

Example training::
October:: white> French Advanced
Black> Slav exchange variation

November::white> Caro Kann Panov attack Black> Caro Kann Karpov

December:: white> Alapin
Black> Slav Breyer or Chebanenko

January:: white> Spanish/Marshall Attack
Black> Caro Kann Tartakower

read this article to get an understanding about the importance of opening and strategies, it helped me a lot
chessgaja.com/2023/06/01/how-to-win-at-chess-with-the-ruy-lopez-and-sicilian-openings-a-guide-for-beginners-from-a-grandmaster/

@Vedantt said in #1:
> How can you feel motivated to do openings? Whenever I am trying to do chess openings I feel drowsy. I looked at some articles like

Just don't do them, let them come to you

@ReChesster said in #6:
> Just don't do them, let them come to you

FOR counter: 3

But that's like saying "Don't look for success for success will look for you"

Endgame>middle game>opening...it's related

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