This page explains how Vitaliy Plugovoy (USATT# 140020)'s rating went from 1823 to 1773 at the Charlotte-Russian Open event from 4 Aug 2012. 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.