This page explains how Michael K. Marinas (USATT# 38893)'s rating went from 1500 to 1542 at the Berkeley Open on the JOOLA NA held on - 6 Sep 2009. The links below take you to pages that describe various aspects of the rating processor.

The rating processor goes through 4 passes in order. The links take you to pages that provide detailed explanations of the calculations during each of the 4 passes.