This page explains how Nick Nicioli (USATT# 35486)'s rating went from 1492 to 1426 at the Schaumburg TTC Fall Open held on - 8 Nov 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.