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  ozbar on 26/07/2023 - 15:01

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  It’s all pure fiction. There is only true woman grandmaster in 1600 grandmasters worldwide.

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    Crow K on 26/07/2023 - 15:18

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    alright, i'll bite. what is "true" doing in that sentence? is there some sort of legitimacy fraud on grandmasters we should be concerned about?

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      F0rtitude on 26/07/2023 - 15:36

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      I believe the term 'true' GM here is referring to being a 'super GM' which are players with a rating of 2700+. If so, then there has only been one female player to reach this accompliment in chess history.

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        Crow K on 26/07/2023 - 15:39

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        Thanks, I had a bit of a Google and:

        Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the title can be revoked for cheating.

        The title of Grandmaster, along with the lesser FIDE titles of International Master (IM), FIDE Master (FM), and Candidate Master (CM), is open to all players regardless of gender. The great majority of grandmasters are men, but 40 women have been awarded the GM title as of 2022, out of a total of about 2000 grandmasters.[1] There is also a Woman Grandmaster title with lower requirements awarded only to women.

        "Super grandmaster" is an informal term to refer to the world's elite players. In the past this would refer to players with an Elo rating of over 2600, but as the average Elo rating of the top players has increased it has typically come to refer to players with an Elo rating of over 2700. Super GMs, the number of whom has grown considerably over the years, have some name recognition in the world of sport and are typically the highest earners in chess.[2][3]

        So yeah, maybe they were trying to refer to the "super grandmaster"? Anyway. (I had presumed it was a "no true Scotsman" style fallacy, perhaps correctly)

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          rokufan on 27/07/2023 - 00:16

          @Crow K:

          There is also a Woman Grandmaster title with lower requirements awarded only to women.

          lol

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  Switchblade88 on 26/07/2023 - 15:32

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  Google En Passant

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    waltkowalski on 26/07/2023 - 15:49

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    Holy hell

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      icedmelonsoda on 26/07/2023 - 16:07

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      new response just dropped

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  fredk1000 on 26/07/2023 - 21:22

  1.8GB IOS download, I have not seen many apps so large!
  I think it needs a Netflix login to play as well.