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When should I start studying openings?

Hi, I'm still a beginner at chess (my ELO in classical is in the 1450s), and for now I'm mostly studying tactics (I have achieved a score of 1700 in training).
Is it too early for me to study opening the Ponziani, and when i get the occasion to play it I always get an enormous advantage that most of the time leads to a win.
Are there any players of my level that study openings?
And if that's the case, can you tell me any tips on which openings should I learn first?
if u study openings a good idea can be the french defence
for example I dont know the french defence and I have quite experience already so u will face a lot of opponents that are clueless as white against the french,
I say this because I think its a thematic opening and might be one of those exceptions that might make sense to study as black, the thing is that the french defence is quite apart, so my guess would be that only strong players as white know what to do, and u can benefit of that in the lower levels by putting an advisable amount of time, ur opponents are usually not gonna be prepared with the c5 break or f6, its very unpleasant to face even Fischer had problems with the french
now I dont play the french because I dont like the Exchange variation and I like to attack but I think its a good choice
its a solid wise opening and quite fundamental at the same
time because It will teach u a different pawn structure, I mean Im clueless about it,but if im clueless with the french and have spent some time playing chess,
then most newbies will be unprepared usually against you if u play it, just check to see if u like the character of the opening because maybe it can be a good opening but maybe u dont like it.
As to the ponziani which seems to be ur specific question, I dont know it
either but that seems more of a e4 game.
why not to start with your favourite Ponziani?

I remember when I was starting it used to be my favourite opening too.
With an opening rating of 1002, I would not yet even try to study openings. Instead, try using in the opening the three golden rules and learn a few common positional chess principles. You should then be able to quickly head your pieces in the right directions.

For starters, try to move only two pawns to free your bishops.
Leave the rest there unless you opponents pieces are trying to control a square in your territory.

First master the end games by trying some sort of gym end game database website.

For the middle tactical games, memorising a few commun pawns structures and their strategy.

Once all your skill training phases have reached the 2000 mark, you can start studying to specialise in an opening that your chess insights may say your good at. You can also study the openings that you are weak at.

Videos on different chess topics are helpful.

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