This page explains how James F. Neal (USATT# 8611)'s rating went from 1737 to 1739 at the SFFL February Player Series held on - 7 Feb 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.