This page explains how James F. Neal (USATT# 8611)'s rating went from 1753 to 1737 at the SFFL January Player Series held on - 3 Jan 1998. 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.