From the German verb patzen (to blunder), the name given to a weak player.
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Quotes of the Day
If the 12th game (from the match Carlsen-Karjakin)… were a restaurant dish, I would send it back to the chef.
Nigel Short 2016
When you see a good move, look for a better one
Emanuel Lasker
When Korchnoi was living in the USSR I called him ‘hero of socialist labour’; when he moved to the West I renamed him ‘hero of capitalist labour’!
Boris Spassky
I think I am certainly more talented than many other people. But I don’t know what talent consists of.
Magnus Carlsen 2014
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.
Garry Kasparov 2017
