This page explains how Sam Hsieh (USATT# 124821)'s rating went from 2038 to 2030 at the Swan Friday O2000 Team League event from 15 Jan 2016. 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.