Tournament Entry Rating is calculated by the formula (CurrentRating + HighestRating) / 2. The entry rating will never drop to more than 100 points below your Highest Rating.
Rated stats are updated within 24 hours of the last completed rated game.
. . . But helpless pieces of the game he plays . . . upon this chequer-board of nights and days; hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, and one by one back in the closet lays. (Omar Khayyam)