The limited resources I'm referring to is people. It's a relatively small organization, and focusing people on Chess comes at an opportunity cost of not focusing on something else.
Just because your situation is even more limited doesn't mean that they don't also have limitations. That's just gatekeeping.
I appreciate that nobody has unlimited resoureces but, for example, the latest DeepMind paper posted on HN (on AlphaCode) had a couple dozen authors. By comparison I do all my work myself, with the help of my advisor and so do his other PhD students. And all for a PhD student's stipend, when DeepMind researchers are paid at least at post-doc levels, presumably. There's no comparison in the resources that I and DeepMind can throw at a problem.
I mean, please, give me DeepMind's limitations. I'd be so happy!
Just because your situation is even more limited doesn't mean that they don't also have limitations. That's just gatekeeping.