This page explains how John T. Lam (USATT# 25738)'s rating went from 1692 to 1718 at the 2002 US National Championships held on - 22 Dec 2002. 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.