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[jconnell]

Originally Posted by Zott

Sorry for the long post but it is incredible that after a real injury I am docked anything much less 4 points. Please let me know what you think of this situation as I think it is unfair for me to get punished when others get away.

If you quit during a round, that round isn't counted but any others you completed in the tournament up to that point DO COUNT. The ratings aren't calculated on a tournament by tournament basis, they are based on individual rounds. So there's nothing unfair about it at all. Your rating dropped not because you're being punished for the DNF, your rating dropped because you played poorly in your most recent completed rounds.

As Tourneyplayer points out, it's your play in the round preceding the DNF AND the following tournament that caused the drop in your rating. That has nothing whatsoever to do with your DNF.