This was introduced because people were creating multiple accounts, playing games between them, and resigning at move one just to get a higher rating.
So now there's a minimum of three moves to prevent fake games.
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current tournament for 1400 - 1600 3rd round
why are ratings adjusted for resignations after only or 3 moves?