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pat⋅zer

  [paht-ser, pat-]
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–noun
a casual, amateurish chess player.
Origin:
1955–60; prob. < G Patzer bungler, equiv. to patz(en) to bungle (cf. Austrian dial. Patzen stain, blot, patzen to make a stain) + -er -er 1
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pat·zer   (pāt'sər, pät'-)   
n.   Slang
A poor or amateurish chess player.

[Probably from German, bungler, from patzen, to bungle.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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