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Patzer

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Last updated on Tue, 04/01/2008 at 7:15am.

Patzer (alternately patser) is a derogatory description, connoting someone whose chess abilities are minimal. The term is drawn from the German word for bungler, or maladept. 

A patzer may be a beginning chess player, or someone whose play appears to be stuck at the beginning level. Yet the term is also relative: a resounding defeat may be said to make a player of any level "look like a patzer".


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by Jasn - 20 months ago
Marin County, California United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
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It should be noted that the comments above ("what?" and "really?") were in response to the earlier, minimal definition of the term.
by promotedpawn - 15 months ago
Somewhere out there Great Britain
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 768

I have lived in Germany for 14 years now and am fluent and "patzer" translates to nothing more than "blunder" or "mistake"

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