From the German verb patzen (to blunder), the name given to a weak player.
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Quotes of the Day
I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
Robert Fischer 1971
Thank the stars that I have been banned by FIDE so it is very clear I have nothing to do with this mess…
Garry Kasparov 2015
Vasiukov hadn’t won a single game against me for 59 years and then suddenly won. I can’t call it shame. Shame or no shame, it’s a pity that he won…
Viktor Korchnoi 2012
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.
Marcel Duchamp
Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Kasparov had to hate the opponent to play successfully. I belong to a different type of chess players. I’m like Keres, Spassky and Portisch. On the board we fight, but in life we get along great.
Anatoly Karpov 2015
