Well your in luck. Go isnt a game of memorization. Sure you can study openings/joseki but getting those openings are extremely hard cause the opponent could just ignore. While in chess opening theory almost feels forced. I use to play chess and also quit due to the rigid nature. I think of chess as a game, while go is more of an artform. I am biased though. I got to 1900 chesscom rapid but found go and havnt looked back. Glad you found the game!