Jud McCranie wrote in rec.games.chess.misc:


Interesting, but my paper dictionary and
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=patzer&r=67
say that it is probably from the German word patzen, meaning "to
bungle".

That's right, the word Patzer itself can mean either a mistake (Fehler)
or the person making the "Fehler" him- or herself. :-)

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