This page explains how Mikhail Popov (USATT# 35013)'s rating went from 1733 to 1781 at the 3rd Everbright Open held on - 5 Jan 2008. 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.