This is totally inaccurate. FICS allows anyone to connect with any client, provided they have registered. Unregistered users have to use the clunky hava app.
Of the Top 50 female chess players, only six have reached the male grandmaster level, and only Judit Polgar has reached super GM level (>2700) which would be sufficient to challenge one of these machines.
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This is totally inaccurate. FICS allows anyone to connect with any client, provided they have registered. Unregistered users have to use the clunky hava app.
Of the Top 50 female chess players, only six have reached the male grandmaster level, and only Judit Polgar has reached super GM level (>2700) which would be sufficient to challenge one of these machines.