There are 20 legal moves in a starting position, sixteen by pawns and the rest by knights. Some of these moves are more likely to win than others.
Can someone play without openings?
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"... This book is the first volume in a series of manuals designed for players who are building the foundations of their chess knowledge. The reader will receive the necessary basic knowledge in six areas of the game - tactcs, positional play, strategy, the calculation of variations, the opening and the endgame. ... To make the book entertaining and varied, I have mixed up these different areas, ..." - GM Artur Yusupov
(Sorry about my bad english ^^)
Let me be more clear, I don't really like to study openings and I think that other parts of the game are more importants. With that in mind, can I get away "skipping" the opening study? (Of course I have some knowledge about openings, just not a deep one). Or am I commiting a mistake?