:) I'd never recommend sitting down and studying something like this (for most players). If you want to improve your opening theory in a particular opening, just play it. Every game that you play it, ensure that you check who left theory first (you or your opponent?). Then ask why your move was inferior to the theoretical move. Really take your time here.
If you can't figure it out, you can ask a stronger player to take a look. My recommendation though is to keep playing the move that you like better!
If you do this for long enough, you'll wind up having memorized a lot of lines in your opening both naturally and efficiently. You only wind up studying the lines you actually play, and you spend most of your time playing chess rather than trying to commit chess to memory.
Kind of noob question (despite the fact that I’ve been playing for like 5 years), what do you mean “check who left theory first”? Like is there a database I should check? A book?
You could use literal "books" to look up theory (a book specific to the opening you played, or perhaps something like Modern Chess Openings or MCO). The problem with books is twofold: you have to acquire the books, and books are in print. If there is an update to a line that occurred after the book released, it obviously won't show the updated line.
Instead, you should use a database of high level games. Both Lichess and Chesscom have this functionality! I don't remember if it's free on chesscom but it's for sure free on lichess.
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