tournament entry rating

some of my opponents have tournament entry ratings more than a hundred points below their highest ratings.....why?

No idea. Care to give a name as an example? Don't forget it's only the highest rating in the last year which counts.

I am currently playing in a final of a tournament where the entry rating was 1600-1650

My opponent in this final CURRENTLY has a tournamant entry rating of 1887,
which is over 200 points higher than the tournament max limit.

How can this possibly be?

*coughs* sandbagging! *coughs*

p.s. a person's rating chart pattern is often a good measure of how true they are playing
for instance, if their rating chart resembles a heart beat, they are [probably] sandbagging

thanks, I did not know that it was only the last 365 days

Originally posted by lemondrop
some of my opponents have tournament entry ratings more than a hundred points below their highest ratings.....why?