This page explains how Jiawen (john) Bian (USATT# 17048)'s rating went from 1979 to 1996 at the Chinese New Year held on - 17 Feb 2007. 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.