I don't think the point is to "learn" the openings per se, I believe one should experiment for themselves - it might take some time to discover the already discovered but your chess insights will become uncomparably greater than just learning the routine.
Before I was 1800 I used to play a lot the scandinavian to avoid deep theory. If you don't have any problem with being a bit under pressure at the beginning it's an ok opening.
Do what you want to.
I dont know you. Are you a 10yo kid who wants to play better chess and yet didnt find out there is google on the internet and millions of answers on similar questions. Or a 70 yo man which plays all the life and never reaches over ELO over 2000 in that latter case it is useless to give any advice at all.
Now only to the young players. Find out what your preferences are, you need to try everything in order to recognize your strong and weak points.
Important: If you are weak somewhere dont do anything with it and work only on your strenghts. Dont worry about your weaknesses, we are human, everybody has somewhere weaknesses and can not be the best at everything.
So if you tend to be an autist with great memory, do memorise everything as much as you can. On the other hand if you feel like an average speciman you need to somehow avoid the theory and spare your energy too because most probably life is going to need you somewhere else than on the chess board.
Good Luck To All.
I dont know you. Are you a 10yo kid who wants to play better chess and yet didnt find out there is google on the internet and millions of answers on similar questions. Or a 70 yo man which plays all the life and never reaches over ELO over 2000 in that latter case it is useless to give any advice at all.
Now only to the young players. Find out what your preferences are, you need to try everything in order to recognize your strong and weak points.
Important: If you are weak somewhere dont do anything with it and work only on your strenghts. Dont worry about your weaknesses, we are human, everybody has somewhere weaknesses and can not be the best at everything.
So if you tend to be an autist with great memory, do memorise everything as much as you can. On the other hand if you feel like an average speciman you need to somehow avoid the theory and spare your energy too because most probably life is going to need you somewhere else than on the chess board.
Good Luck To All.
OP-I'm a beginner and asked a similar question on here recently. The advice I got was to play a few and get comfortable with them. I haven't "memorized" the opening so much as I've seen them played out again and again-now I know what works and what doesn't with those. I also watch videos on new openings to understand what my refutations are better, and then break out the openings I've been refuting correspondence games and then eventually here.
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