This page explains how John T. Lam (USATT# 25738)'s rating went from 1765 to 1785 at the Golden State Open TTT held on - 26 May 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.