Hello,
Middlegame is for me the most interesting phase, this the place for tactic and strategy.
Endgames are great too.
Definitely move #1. Everything that comes after makes things worse.
@CafeMorphy #2:
"...the art of liquidation..."
So you are a liquidator?
I like the middlegame when I paln how to win, how to achieve advantages. Openings are boring for me. The endgame is the most nervouse phase especially in blitz when I am timid and even I have advantages to win I can simply loose the game or to play in draw.
I prefer the middlegame too because it is the most challenging and it is where you really have to use your mind to make the right moves.
I agree with Luciano and April09, the middlegames are the most entertaining and challenging phases of the game. Every move has a purpose and a wrong move can make you lose the game
i like openings because sometimes you can make fast checkmate,but endgames i like because you should play good to win the game and also many tactics in endgame.
It depends. I prefer endgames though I am generally low on time and not very good at them :D