I like casual chess; as soon as it gets into blitz and studying openings and patterns I tend to lose interest, that sounds like work, not fun.
It's like studying the meta instead of actually playing.
It's like studying the meta instead of actually playing.
Of course, plenty of people enjoy a much more memorization heavy game. But it feels like ruining the fun part of the game to me.
I don't memorize games several moves deep, just 3-4 maybe 5 depending on the opening, which especially in Crazyhouse as there are only probably 3-4 good openins.
(Scrabble champions just memorize the spelling not the meaning) (They probably also know a lot of the meanings but my point still stands)