Yes I would... To know your openings gives you an advantage to not to fall into opening traps. It's critical to know opening theory if you want a serious chance at winning. Now, I am not saying knowing your openings is enough, there are tactics, mating patterns ect. to learn, there is the middlegame and endgame you must conquer. Why Kasparov said theory is useless unless you are a grandmaster, seems very at odds to me. I use theory all the time to good advantage and I am no GM! I have the strength of a candidate master at the very least. Yeah. Kasparovs statement seems a bit pretentious in the sense that it could be misconstrued thay only Grandmasters can understand opening theory, and to me, blatantly false to say it serves no purpose for those under a GM level.
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