patzer

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(păt'sər, pät'-) pronunciation

n. Slang
A poor or amateurish chess player.

[Probably from German, bungler, from patzen, to bungle.]

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[fr. G. patzer, a blunderer] an inept chess player

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noun
noun, chess

A weak player. (1948 —) .
Daily Telegraph So Fischer after beating off a ferocious attack...'played like a patzer,' said one American Grandmaster (1972).

[Origin uncertain; cf. German patzen to bungle.]

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