> Endgames almost always have the potential to outsmart and outmanoeuvre the opponent, like any other part of the game. In an evenly matched endgame, sure. I t

> Endgames almost always have the potential to outsmart and outmanoeuvre the opponent, like any other part of the game. In an evenly matched endgame, sure. I think those endgames are fun, but rare when playing in person since there's usually a skill mismatch. He was complaining about the typical game where there's a mismatched endgame where one side has an obvious advantage but there's still a bunch of chase to close out the game. There's no doubt that the endgame can get complex, but with chess a different kind of problem solving than the rest of the game and one that I understand why people don't find it fun. I always thought there was a bit of irony with how much he disliked the chess endgame, because he was hopelessly addicted to playing go which is not that unlike to a pawns-only chess endgame in thinking.