This page explains how John B. Allen (USATT# 3836)'s rating went from 2331 to 2311 at the Cleveland Sun TV Winter Open held on - 21 Jan 1996. 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.