`` It is regrettable , therefore , that she did not actually earn the title in the regular way : FIDE requires that to earn the grandmaster title a player must achieve certain minimum scores in tournaments consisting of at least twenty-four games in aggregate ( the description is highly oversimplified , but you get the idea ) , and Nona was two or three games short . It is regrettable , therefore , that she did not actually earn the title in the regular way : FIDE requires that to earn the grandmaster title a player must achieve certain minimum scores in tournaments consisting of at least twenty-four games in aggregate ( the description is highly oversimplified , but you get the idea ) , and Nona was two or three games short .