[Sam]

Originally posted by nihi

As if one decides to concede a defeat, instead of incurring one.

In broader sense, we may come up with the number of defeats we want to concede in next three years, and have them first, then go for all the wins. That way we will be able to optimize our points in the span of three years.

Already we have conceded defeat for last five years, now its time to win, win and win.

{I didn't mean to go for a defeat willingly, come on. I just wanted to give an example how the rating point will vary even with the same number of wins and defeats, depending upon the sequence of the result.}