Trainer Needed: Book!

Can someone teach me chess theory? And when I say teach, I mean train me in book lines.
I need to know more than the one line that I play.
If you dont think I should learn theory, dont respond to this post.

Every master and high level chess player knows these lines by heart.
They have remembered exactl y what to do in these positions.

I watch chess every night before bed and the streamers always say things like, "Then this should happen next." or "Im not familiar with this line." or "I think this is the right move according to the theory. " or " I think I played the wrong move order."

I even heard Andrew Tang say many times that Bullet chess is all theory. Problem is, I dont know ANY theory.
I know one line from the vienna that I have pretty good winning chances if I can get the position that i like.
Other than that, Im freestyling and my win rate and my chess rating in those unfamiliar lines is way lower than in that one line.

Also, I dont learn well from the data base. DOnt tell me to look at the database. Im a learn by doing kind of person. I want to play with a master who can drill me in certain lines until I get them in muscle memory. This is how masters play. THey KNOW what to do for the first 10-15 moves from MEMORY. Every once in a while they get hit with a novelty and then they have to think, but the way Im playing, I dont even know the basic theory. I got into every white D4 game unprepared and all black games unprepared.

Can someone help me prep? Please dont gaslight. This is a real thing everyone knows it. I just need help.

@DontShadowBan chessable will be your best bet as it teachs you by making you doit over and over again.
The problem is you need to know the tricks of the lines which you can use lichess https://lichess.org/opening
for which helps you know all the tricks.

But Gms learn lines and do tactics but tactics is done first because if i make a mistake against you and you cant see the tactic then your prep means nothing

Have you considered hiring a chess coach. You’re essentially asking for a chess coach here.
With that being said theory can be important but at your rating it’s far more important to learn the fundamentals. You do not Need to learn theory to play good or win. You need to learn the basics.
You need to learn your endgames, you need to learn pawn structures, you need to learn How to analyze your games after you lose. You need to understand knights vs bishops, you need to learn about the basic ideas in chess (rooks belong on open files, knights blockade isolated pawns etc.

The openings do not matter at your level or even my level. I played a strong 2000 rated player last week. I played 1.D4 for the first time in my life my opening knowledge was opening explorer and analyzing his games before the match.
I had never played D4 in a serious long time control game. I won. With little to no theory. Because I’m 1700 and theory doesn’t matter until your 2100 pushing for 2200 and beyond.

If you are not convinced than I will tell you the free way to learn theory.
You study GM/IM games and after each of your loses in the opening you try to find (first without a book or engine) find the best move that you missed. Write down why you think this move was better than what you played. Than you can turn on stockfish or open the explorer and see what the right move is. Than you can SLOWLY improve your openings.
Thats right the secret is hard work and long hours.

"... Once you identify an opening you really like and wish to learn in more depth, then should you pick up a book on a particular opening or variation. Start with ones that explain the opening variations and are not just meant for advanced players. ..." - Dan Heisman (2001)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626180930/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman06.pdf
"... For inexperienced players, I think the model that bases opening discussions on more or less complete games that are fully annotated, though with a main focus on the opening and early middlegame, is the ideal. ..." - FM Carsten Hansen (2010)
"... As [First Steps: 1 e4 e5 is] a First Steps book, I’ve tried to avoid encyclopaedic coverage. In any case, you certainly don’t need to remember every single variation and all the notes before playing the opening. Take in the first few moves and the key ideas, and then try it out in your games! ..." - GM John Emms (2018)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7790.pdf
"... Review each of your games, identifying opening (and other) mistakes with the goal of not repeatedly making the same mistake. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627062646/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman81.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)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627023809/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman50.pdf
"... 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)

It seems you are pretty set on what you want, and I guess you can pay most coaches (or maybe trainers is a more appropriate term here) to do this.

If you ask a coach to help you improve your chess, he might come up with a different approach.

At your current level, knowing lots of theory won't help, here's why: you would need a very broad repertoire to be able to respond to most of your opponents moves. They don't know all theory either, and you will need to find replies at the board. Memorising this is extremely hard, and without deeper understanding basically impossible. In every game, you will soon be on your own anyway, so you need plans and other skills. Learning this will facilitate to find the earlier moves, too.

Or to put it more drastically: you can teach a monkey to blitz out the first 20 moves of the Sveshnikov. But this won't make them good chess players. As soon as you are out of book, you need plans and calculation. Every single game! It is a very common occurrence that one plater deviates from theory and the other just responds with a bad move on their own.

That being said, I don't say you shouldn't learn openings. They are useful and important. If you are looking to broaden your repertoire, skip those very specialised courses with 1000 lines and 50 hours of video in one specific variation. Chessable has a couple of beginner courses that feature a couple of dozens lines at max and come with explanations.

To put in into perspective: I am around 1850 FIDE and in the tournaments I play people are usually out of book way before move 10, often as early as move 4, sometimes on move one (1. f4 anyone?).

It is surely helpful to have some knowledge of tricky or dubious lines that might lead to disaster quickly, just to take the sting out of them.

But yeah, a broad good repertoire, that would be nice. That's why opening books and courses sell so well. And the choice is quite overwhelming, and one feels one has get all of them. And it takes so much discipline to go through them, and then remembering something.

As for paper books, there are couple of recommendations:

• Fundamental chess openings is an all-in-one book that guides through many openings
• Mastering the chess openings is a multi-volume set with more explanation
• The starting out series

And remember: building the opening repertoire is a lifelong task. You are never done with it...

I can teach you colle system and London system theory with white, and a interesting Line of scandinavian, Caro kann and Slav defense with black. But nothing more lol.

Aren't 'theory' and knowing opening lines rather different?

I’ve enjoyed Dereque Kelley‘s videos on openings at www.chessopenings.com. He does an excellent job of explaining them.

You can also try www.chesspractice.com to practice openings and variations.

@DontShadowBan I totally aggree to what @nadjarostowa says - I had the same experiences in "serious" OTB play, too.
At that level, It is just an illusion, to think you get a better player by knowing more theory. If best, you just lose 1 or 2 moves later, which simply is not worth the effort.

It is much more important to improve your general chess understanding and sharpen it by applying what you learned to your games.

Jeremy Silman's Books (HTRYC and TAM) may help you on that route. Interesting enough, there's no chapter on specific openings in it - for a good reason: you don't need it. But he tells you, how you can implement what you have learned into your opening play/opening choice.

EDIT: And really don't, don't, don't expect to improve your chess understanding by playing bullet...

Good luck anyways.