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Yury Kurchin

1971

Fencers Club Inc.

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 9 11 8 - - 28
Losses 6 4 7 - - 17
Win Ratio 60.0% 73.3% 53.3% - - 62.2%
Pool Victories 7 9 6 - - 22
Pool Losses 4 2 5 - - 11
Pool Win Ratio 63.6% 81.8% 54.5% - - 66.7%
DE Victories 2 2 2 - - 6
DE Losses 2 2 2 - - 6
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% - - 50.0%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† 5 9 3 - - 17
Easy wins as % of wins 55.6% 81.8% 37.5% - - 60.7%
Close wins‡ - - - - - -
Close wins as % of all wins 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0%
Close losses‡ 3 - 3 - - 6
Close losses as % of all losses 50.0% 0.0% 42.9% - - 35.3%
Big losses† 1 4 2 - - 7
Big losses as % of all losses 16.7% 100.0% 28.6% - - 41.2%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 2 2 2 - - 6
Tournaments 2 2 2 - - 6

Competition History

Neil Lazar Div1A/Div2/Veteran ROC

Veteran Men's Foil (B1, VET), November 19, 2023
Place 5, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating C22, Fencers Club Inc.
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 FADL Omar 2 B23 2 AIC Fencing Club 2387 2565 49.9 61%
Pool W 5:2 YOO Terry S. 15 E23 15 Down East School of Fencing 1502 2515 5.5 95%
Pool L 2:5 BALESTRACCI Chris 5 C23 9 Silver City Fencing Club 2506 2520 38.3 51%
Pool W 5:3 RUSANOV Oleg 11 D22 10 Royal Fencing Academy 1922 2482 14.7 82%
Pool W 5:1 HILL David E. 18 U 18 Boston Fencing Club 1333 2497 3.1 97%
T16 W 10:7 KRAUSS John W. 12 D21 12 Down East School of Fencing 2083 2342 57.9 65%
T8 L 8:10 FADL Omar 2 B23 2 AIC Fencing Club 2655 2400 56.0 35%

Duel of the East Coast VET ROC / RJCC / RYC & Y8

Veteran Men's Foil (A2, VET), September 9, 2023
Place 10, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating C22, Fencers Club Inc.
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 CHANG William 19 U 25 Freehold Fencing Academy 1320 2594 3.4 98%
Pool W 5:2 LA BARR Edward T. 15 E23 7 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North 1851 2597 13.3 88%
Pool W 5:1 MEUDT Mark 24 U 18 Savage Fencing Club 2231 2610 23.2 68%
Pool L 4:5 SANCHEZ Leon D. 7 C23 6 Boston Fencing Club 2566 2633 48.6 54%
Pool W 5:1 WU Geoffrey 18 U 22 1542 2585 6.0 94%
Pool L 1:5 CHEN David A. 2 A22 2 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2910 2591 26.3 31%
T32 W 10:0 CHANG William 19 U 25 Freehold Fencing Academy 1903 2415 47.3 75%
T16 L 9:10 LA BARR Edward T. 15 E23 7 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North 2179 2463 120.8 66%

Fencers Club Veteran Cup - (Epee, Foil, Sabre) IV

Veteran Mixed Foil (A1, VET), April 16, 2023
Place 11, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating C22, Fencers Club Inc.
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 LAWRENCE John 5 A22 3 2948 2512 87.8 25%
Pool L 1:5 EPPLY-SCHMIDT Paul 4 A22 6 Bucks County Academy of Fencing / Sebastiani Fencing Academy 3063 2600 25.1 23%
Pool W 5:2 HUEY Sharone 14 D20 16 Brooklyn Fencing Center
Pool W 5:0 JOO Mike 20 U 15 South Brooklyn Fencing 1988 2575 18.7 75%
T16 L 3:10 BALESTRACCI Chris 12 C19 3 Fencers School of Connecticut / Silver City Fencing Club 2586 2518 102.3 46%

Goldfinch ROC D1A, Vet, RJCC and chair fencing

Veteran Men's Foil (E1, VET), March 25, 2023
Place 2, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating C22, Fencers Club Inc.
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 JENKINS Michael 7 U 7 Fencers Club Inc. 2500 2510 45.2 50%
Pool L 1:5 RUSANOV Oleg 2 D22 1 Royal Fencing Academy 1885 2555 139.9 85%
Pool W 5:1 ONION Marc 4 U 8 Fencing Club Of Mercer County 1366 2415 12.3 90%
Pool W 5:1 GREENLEAF John 6 U 3 Fencers School Of Connecticut 2060 2427 36.2 71%
Pool W 5:0 MANZON Antonio 8 U 3 1762 2464 19.1 86%
Pool W 5:3 GILL Kenneth 5 U 5 1860 2483 21.7 80%
Pool W 5:0 CHANG William 3 U 6 Freehold Fencing Academy 1430 2504 7.7 95%
T8 W 10:2 ONION Marc 4 U 8 Fencing Club Of Mercer County 2500 2709 89.1 58%
T4 W 10:4 MANZON Antonio 8 U 3 2039 2799 50.5 84%
T2 L 5:10 RUSANOV Oleg 2 D22 1 Royal Fencing Academy 1806 2849 331.4 93%

Morris Cup Veteran Series 2

Veteran Mixed Foil (A1, VET), May 29, 2022
Place 3, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, Fencers Club Inc.
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 MAHNKEN Thomas G. 12 D18 13 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. / AIC Fencing Club 1942 2396 61.0 75%
Pool L 2:5 CHEN David A. 6 B21 2 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2846 2457 61.1 28%
Pool W 5:2 MCCARTHY Daniel (Dan) W. 7 B18 15 The Phoenix Center 2305 2396 84.9 55%
Pool W 5:0 ROLANDO Doc 13 E21 8 Masters Fencing Academy NJ 2346 2481 70.6 58%
Pool L 4:5 EPPLY-SCHMIDT Paul 1 A22 3 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing / Sebastiani Fencing Academy 2987 2552 41.8 26%
T16 W 10:6 MAYER Richard 10 C19 11 2227 1928 464.1 37%
T8 W 10:5 LAWRENCE John W. 4 A19 6 Durkan Fencing Academy 3142 2392 482.6 17%
T4 L 2:10 CHEN David A. 6 B21 2 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2997 2874 164.8 43%

Neil Lazar Div1A/Div2/Vet ROC

Veteran Men's Foil (E1, VET), September 26, 2021
Place 9, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating U, Fencers Club Inc.
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 9 C19 1 Morris Fencing Club 2505 2500 540.9 50%
Pool L 4:5 SANCHEZ Leon D. 8 C19 8 Boston Fencing Club 2180 3041 690.2 84%
Pool L 1:5 WILBERT Matt 5 B18 3 Moe Fencing Club LLC 2248 2351 270.7 55%
Pool W 5:3 RUSANOV Oleg 13 E19 12 Royal Fencing Academy 1724 2080 122.7 69%
Pool W 5:2 EPPLY-SCHMIDT Paul 1 A21 5 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing / Sebastiani Fencing Academy 3036 2203 319.5 13%
Pool L 4:5 BANKS Alexander S. 4 B19 2 International Fencing Club 2558 2522 125.8 48%
T16 L 6:10 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 9 C19 1 Morris Fencing Club 2392 2500 572.5 54%