dropping out of tournaments

I would like to drop out of a tournament (I am travelling, and with unreliable internet connections, can't take on more games, especially as this round is a group of 6 instead of 4). My understanding is that I can do so without my rating dropping. I haven't moved yet in this round. What do I need to do? Resign? Or wait to be timed out? Thanks for any help. John

resign all the games you recieved and you wont drop any score ok john....🙂

Originally posted by Smiffy
resign all the games you recieved and you wont drop any score ok john....🙂

Is this answer really true? 😕
Every tournament game is rated, and therefore affect the rating.

What I don't know if what happen if the game is timed out before the second move...?

Originally posted by FabianFnas
Is this answer really true? 😕
Every tournament game is rated, and therefore affect the rating.

What I don't know if what happen if the game is timed out before the second move...?

2 moves have to be made for the games to be rated. It doesn't matter if the game ends in TO or resignation.

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Yes it is true and as ragnorak has said above 2 moves need to be made 😉.hes a clan member aswell so i wouldnt tell him lies 🙂

Many thanks all of you. I'll resign straight away, no point in keeping my opponents in suspense 🙂

I looked up jl1000's profiles graph, and it seems that you are all right. No rating loss when resigned before the 2nd move. (How about W/L/D statistics?)

But in the tournament page I can read:
"Tournament Entry
Remember, all tournament games are rated and you will not be able to delete any tournament games."

It was from there I got the information.

yes the loss's go onto your statistics..........