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Isn´¨´t stockfish the answer for all?

I am a relativily new player and i was thinkg is isnt enough just memorize what was the best move on stockfish when i am analizing a game....i think i am missing something but stockfish have the best move always or maybe not always (alphazero) but is enough for beating any human.....maybe is not even posible but i didnt find and answer myself so what do you people think?
alphazero is not being developed any longer. Both Stockfish and Leela are stronger
No. it is impossible to memorize every computer move for all possibilities. Try it yourself
@LokilloMC So what I can get from what your saying is that your asking why can't people just memorize what stockfish thinks is the best move for every single different move? You see, at the very beginning, white can do 20 different moves, and then black can do 20 different moves, so that's already 400 different moves that can happen on move 1, so you would have to memorize 400 best moves. Then, there are probably around 50 or more moves that white can play, and then there are probably 50 or more moves that black can play, so that's 2500 different best moves on move 2 so you would have to memorize 2900 different best moves for move 1 and 2. Soon enough, you will be memorizing millions or billions of best moves, and there probably still will be more moves to memorize, so assuming you memorize 50 best moves every day, and let's say there are 1 billion moves that you have to memorize, then you would take around 55,000 years to memorize everything, and by then we would have died.
That last one make me things really clear xD thanks!! i am starting to understand the situation better!
@LokilloMC

You can't just memorise Stockfish. Stockfish on Lichess can run to max depth 99, which is 50 moves. And you know what?

A 1919 study by some mathematician (I don't remember who), stated that:
In the first 30 moves itself, the number of unique chess positions that can arise are 10000000000000000000000000, which is 10^25.

To memorise so much, you need to be super-extra-multi-hyper-ultra talented. I guess you are not.

And (few know this), Stockfish is not always right! (Engine-Cheaters, sorry for ruining your dreams)
Here is an article that will show some positions where the engine is blown:
www.chess.com/article/view/10-positions-chess-engines-just-dont-understand
(Don't tell that I support chess.com or they paid me or some stuff like that, it's chess and only chess)

PS: Forgive me if the number of zeros isn't exactly 25.
@GreatBigTiger

People have this false idea that any position that's drawn should have an evaluation of zero. It's easy to find examples that prove that idea is wrong. And yet people won't change their mind.

If a position is +20 a depth 5 and +20 at depth infinity it's drawn. If you understand that you're now smarter than a titled chess player.
@GreatBigTiger but i was thinking a litle less options like remember openings that the player will use and some variantas that player will use against taht playe....i see that have the same problem of increasing of positions but in some cases you cant have and advantage of knowing how to respond to a bad choice of the oponent
@LokilloMC this is a great question as others have stated it's impossible to learn every possible variation

But yes people do learn the mainline theory

Grandmasters can learn up to move 30!!!

But for a beginner it's a waste of time
There are many lines in a position. However, 30 moves leads to a middlegame.

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