Author: Olaf Jenkner
Date: 13:22:07 06/04/00
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> >by the way what is the oringin of kibitzer instead? > The german word "Kiebitz" means a bird, my dictionary says "pewit". I can imagine how a Kiebitz is sitting on a bough and watching a game of chess. The dictionary says also, that Kiebitz is a onlooker at a card-party, It seems, that the publishers know nothing about chess. OJe
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