You're probably right. I like end games more than any other part of the game and I have read loads of books on this topic. I pick up lots of draws and wins when I shouldn't when I play people who obviously don't study end games. I am sure it would add 100 or 200 points to your rating.
I feel like I should study endgames more...
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Dec 24, 2012
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My current study plan has me working through about 2,000 annotated games over the next 18 months or so. I am hoping that I will learn quite a bit about endgames as I work through them.
I am trying to work through some endgame stuff along the way, but I am currently not focusing on that. I am wondering if perhaps this is a mistake though.
paulgottlieb wrote:
End games study is really worth the time and trouble--for several reasons
1) You will win a lot more "won" games and draw a lot more "lost" ones. As you learn more about the end game, you will be amazed at how many positions you would have given up on as hopelessly drawn are actually a win--if you know how to do it. You will simply become a stronger player
2) If you love the beauty and variety of chess, the end game is for you. There are so many seemingly miraculous positions where the win or draw seems to come out of thin air. These endgames are a tremendous source of pleasure (if you love chess) and also teach you a tremendous amount about the geometry of the chess board.
nicely put! Just the motivation I needed to get crackin them books. 
I don't really study endgames all that much. A little here, a little there, but nothing consistent and in depth.
I play "OK" in endgames. I often win the won ones and hold the drawn ones. But what I don't do is win many drawn ones or draw many lost ones.
Players I know who have excellent endgame technique pick up the extra half points here and there. I'm not one of them.
Yet.