Hello
Why is the best advice study the endgame?
"In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else; for, whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame." - Capablanca
"Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions; just forget about the openings and spend all that time on the endings." - Capablanca
Frankly I love playing and studying endgame theory .
However seeing as it comes after the opening and middlegame why is the advice to study that first.