Nothingness: The choice to ignore a point one considers irrelevant does not imply the point was missed. From what I've read on minimum number of moves for a game to be rated at BK, it's 2 moves by each player. I don't know if that minimum applies to tournaments or stairs. In any case, it has nothing to do with how ratings are adjusted. Rather, It relates to whether a game is rated. I don't agree that playing a game, no matter the outcome, will either prove or disprove your point or mine. I believe we've already played 2 games here. Do you think the results of those games prove anything?