I don't know. I'm not one of them 
And chess is not popular in Taiwan.
Endgame Preparation: The New Trend
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Mandy711 wrote:
Carlsen is contented to play the opening just to obtain a playable middle game. No opening novelty or surprise. Out of equal middle game, he converts into a winning endgame. His opponents don't realy realized until it's too late.
In a sense its not new, u just described Capablanca
Yes. That's not new. EGTBs are new and unknown to Capablanca. Trying to learn the winning endgame position would be a huge plus.
Yeah I'm a bit worried about it too. Then again I remember some screw ups from some pretty famous GMs and even world champions that give me hope that my opponents will continue flopping in the endgame.
If you have Silman's Complete Endgame Course and study it seriously then you're just leveling the playing field, you need specialized text to take your endgame skill to the extreme... and I just have Secrets of Pawn Endings and Survival Guide to Rook Endings so far for specialized text. I like to study a topic in three week blocks and if I finish Survival Guide I'll review some rook endings from BCE then move onto the rook section in Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual.
The endgame can be a tough subject to study but it does teach you about piece coordination so it has an effect on your middlegame play too.
I'd rather some chumps study up on the endgame and try to beat me there, than study the openings so much that I can't get out of the opening without some home-prepped opening trap that loses me material.
At least if people are studying endgame, I have a good chance before the endgame. And it's much more difficult to direct the game into a perfected endgame if you aren't great at the opening and middle game first. I don't see this as much of a threat for club players. If someone wants to spend all their time on endgame study, I will gladly beat them in the middle game so that they can't use their endgame prep.
At levels 2000++ maybe!
Most competitive chess players spend their time in opening preparation. They study the latest opening novelties, discover new novelties and find the refutation in their opponents opening repertoire.
With Carlsen's unrivalled success, this trend might change. Carlsen is contented to play the opening just to obtain a playable middle game. No opening novelty or surprise. Out of equal middle game, he converts into a winning endgame. His opponents don't realy realized until it's too late.
Could this be the new trend? Endgame repertoire, endgame training and endgame preparation. Would competitve chess players try to learn by memory most 7, 6, 5 men EGTB?