This page explains how John F. Sherman (USATT# 63030)'s rating went from 1240 to 1206 at the Friendliest Tournament in Amer held on - 27 Feb 1999. 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.