It is a complex system, beta, where points from tournaments drop off after a year, so you must keep winning just to stand still. That 'defending' pressure is what I see in the lines on my boy's face before a local tournament. My retired postman father's pension is steady, but these ranking points? They vanish like the morning mist on our pines if you stop climbing. A protected ranking is a kindness after injury, like the hot parantha my wife brings when our son is too tired to come down—it's a small safety net, but the real work of climbing back up remains.
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