@ovfife said in #1:
> Some even think that endgames shouldn't be looked at until your 1500.
Regardless if you didnt got a decent game. Once most of the material is out, you are going to play the endgame, even when behind. You need to be good at endgames so you can either convert a winning position or salvage a bad one. If you are going to divide the time between those 3 topics, this is the one that should consume the most time until you are very familiar with most matting patterns and the principles of endgames.
I mean, you are gonna reach an endgame every single game you didnt mated or you are not mated yourself.
Once you are familiar with the endgame, you focus your study on the midgame. Pawn structures, weak squares, general strategy, tactics, etc. This is because since you already know how to convert x position to a win or draw, you can actually force it from the mid game. You can manipulate with a certain degree how to reach the endgame. You will know what and where to trade to reach a desired position.
You shouldnt waste too much time in the early game if you are familiar with chess principles. You do need to study openings, but in terms of priority, they are the last one.