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How can improve my opening?

I'm a beginner, I want to learn more about openning the game?
The video library here on Lichess is pretty useful for that

If you are a beginner, I suggest to you focus on materials that explain the principles of openings. For now you don't need memorize lines, you just need to understand why some moves are good and others not.
Do not study the openings till you have about 2000 at classical chess, you can look at them and inspire by the beauty of some of them but it should take you about 5percent of your chess time.
Do not worry people on your level dont know the opening theory.

Study tactics, find out what style you prefer playing ( this is not an easy task - every beginner thinks he has an agressive style ) and then study the games of people which style reminds your style the closest. Play only with players of the same or higher strenght than yours and the most of the time just PLAY. ( 80percent of your chess time )
Thank you all. I only know one opening move (d4). and I don't know how to deal with other type of opponent openings LOL
I would actually suggest you to take a very little look at all main openings and their ideas. You shouldn't learn anything going further than 5 moves.

You should know why the french and caro are often closed positions with counterplay on the centre while the kingspawn and sicilian is rather open and wild. I would not recommend you to play just your pet openings because you would have problems learning general rules that appear mostly in other openings.
If you don't want the generic response "you shouldn't be studying the opening now. " I recommend playing an opening system. Here's a list:

Botvinik System
Kings Indian Attack
London System
Colle Opening

Pick one. Search it in YouTube. Learn the first 10 moves. Improve. After a year of playing your pet system, then dapple in more trying open openings. Your pet system will, someday, be your blitz weapon, so you're killing two birds with one stone. Good luck and good chess!

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