This page explains how Joel L. Lipschutz (USATT# 7800)'s rating went from 1293 to 1254 at the NJTTC February Open held on - 21 Feb 2010. 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.