Which phase of the game you like?

I really like the end game, and I like it because I cant play it very well. Seems to me that I have good games most of the times, but I blunder horribly at the end here and there 

Ok. Not trying to be rude here, but you are rated 1200 daily and 750 blitz. At that level the endgame isn’t “all that matters.” At super-GM level the endgame isn’t all that matters. However, I think what you mean is ‘people at my level never make opening or middle game mistakes... they only lose in the endgame.’ Ok that’s stupid. More 1200 games are lost in the middle game than the endgame. Or a losing move is played in the middle game that neither player notices the winning tactic. Maybe a lot of your games reach the endgame, but that doesn’t mean both players played ‘oh so perfect’ during the middle game and opening. It’s just that neither player noticed the horrible mistakes and blunders they were making during the middle game.

I like openings lol

@Mako_Cat

Don't you think you are being a little harsh with this statement? I mean if he thinks the Endgame is a tide turner, is it so bad that he thinks that way?

Of course when he gets to be stronger he will see that all of the game matters and not just the Endgame for the majority. I don't really see a reason why you are calling him out on this, he just believes what he believes, and he believes it for a reason. He won't always think this way, and even if he does I don't know how much of a good thing it would be to tell a fellow member in this way how to play the game.

I think learning is better, at least in my opinion and then he can make his own claim about the phases of the game he likes, in which btw isn't supposed to be tehnical  but just a forum that we can all enjoy, right?

Regardless can we keep it light?

Hard too really say. It's hard to have a decent chance in the middle game without a strong opening. And it's just as hard, even harder, to have a reasonable chance in the end game without a strong middle game!

All things considered, you have more of a chance to recover from a weak opening in the middle game, than you do in a poorly set-up end game. And you can sill mess up in the middle game after a strong opening. So, I'd have to say concentrating on the middle game is important.

So if I have to choose, I'd have to say the middle game is my favourite phase; it's where I win most of my games (and lose the others!)

"If the king doesn't lead how could you expect it's subordinates to follow." I like the endgame.

The endgame for sure, is where there is no preparation from stockfish or things like that, is true skill, and the difference between a good player to a great player is his skill to play endgames

@santiagonmagno15

I so agree with that statement when you said "the difference between a good player to a great player is his skill to play endgames."

I do think this is valid because there was a game between Capablanca and Rubiestien and both of these Masters were superior in the Endgame than most of their rivals during that time. However in this game Rubiestien made a slight error in the Endgame and there was this saying, that was something like "this is what makes Rubiestein a great player, but not a world championship player" as the move that he played was so inferior that in a winning position he ended up losing and Capablanca was able to win the game I do believe(but don't quote me on this, he may have gotten a draw, It has been a little while since I saw this endgame.)

The point is: The Endgame does make a representation of how great a player is and where they can go, just look at all the great Endgame players. I don't think there has been a world champion that was not a good Endgame player, so with this said the Endgame is very important(now again all other points are important, but I as well slightly favour the Endgame like said in an earlier post.)

Now is it the most important compared to the others, no. Because you need to be good in all of the areas of chess, however being better in the Endgames while being good in the opening and middlegame is very nice because it gives you that extra advantage mentally but also more skillfully towards the game that could determine a win, lose or draw. And with an advantage in the Endgame itallows people to do well in positions and be considered great as the Endgame is a very important piece in the game of chess, just like all the other areas that make chess as a whole.

I can't play endgames if my life depended on it

Looks like most of the players prefer endgames over other phases.

lol Really? Bullet and Blitz actually require lots of endgame ability - how else can you convert to a win under low time? 1800+ Bullet and Blitz sounds like your "can't play" can beat most of our better days xD

That is the reason why I don't like blitz.No time to think in the endgame. I have lost many won positions.

Ot the move that end the game...

Endgame just requires logical abilities and the love of simplicity in my opinion...

But I would still say all areas of the game matter, for sure.

Checkmate them or time them out. Easy peasy

Same with all endgames - even classical time control - just checkmate them or time them out. Easy peasy

Not unless you play the Queens gambit declined orthodox/laser variation, because that's called a draw

Lasker, not laser. 

Surprisingly enough,I read Lasker not laser at the first sight

Middlegame.