From the German verb patzen (to blunder), the name given to a weak player.
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Quotes of the Day
I have often written that Karpov is like an iceberg. Well, Kasparov was the Titanic.
Alexander Roshal
FIDE is now a political organization. And being a political organization, it, of course, means that people in FIDE have some other interests – that is, to sit in their positions for the next hundred years.
Silvio Danailov 2016
Garry has done a lot over the chess board – unbelievable things. He is the greatest world champion in the chess history. The question is what he has done for the federations, what he has done for his own federation.
Georgios Makropoulos 2013
I never make mistakes in chess, I only have hallucinations!
Vlastimil Hort 1987
He has weaknesses, as everyone does, but far fewer than those around him.
Veselin Topalov 2016
