Naoum Issa

1968

RedStar Fencing Club Chicago

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 9 33 14 - - 56
Losses 7 42 16 - - 65
Win Ratio 56.2% 44.0% 46.7% - - 46.3%
Pool Victories 7 25 12 - - 44
Pool Losses 5 32 11 - - 48
Pool Win Ratio 58.3% 43.9% 52.2% - - 47.8%
DE Victories 2 8 2 - - 12
DE Losses 2 10 5 - - 17
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 44.4% 28.6% - - 41.4%

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† 1 11 3 - - 15
Easy wins as % of wins 11.1% 33.3% 21.4% - - 26.8%
Close wins‡ 3 8 3 - - 14
Close wins as % of all wins 33.3% 24.2% 21.4% - - 25.0%
Close losses‡ 2 12 2 - - 16
Close losses as % of all losses 28.6% 28.6% 12.5% - - 24.6%
Big losses† 2 9 7 - - 18
Big losses as % of all losses 28.6% 21.4% 43.8% - - 27.7%

† 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 10 6 - - 18
Tournaments 2 7 3 - - 12

Competition History

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Saber (B2, D1A), October 14, 2023
Place 21, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating B23, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 BAILEY Conner 38 E22 37 Cleveland State Univ. NCAA / Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 1791 2060 13.3 67%
Pool W 5:2 YUAN Kevin 22 D22 20 2344 2074 27.1 33%
Pool L 2:5 BOUKHTIN Maxim 15 D23 6 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2194 2101 16.9 44%
Pool W 5:2 KAUFFMAN Alex 49 U 26 Renaissance Fencing Club / Ludus Fencing Studio 1544 2084 7.8 81%
Pool L 2:5 TURNER Benjamin 55 U 53 Midwest Fencing Club 1405 2092 38.0 87%
Pool W 5:4 SALMAN Hamzah 33 E23 47 Globus Fencing Academy 1563 2054 8.3 79%
T64 W 15:13 LU Jiachen 51 U 45 Culver Military Academy 2500 2478 31.5 49%
T32 L 5:15 DIACOS Jordan 11 C23 8 3077 2509 20.5 19%

Burton Open (Foil and Sabre)

Senior Men's Saber (B1, SNR), September 17, 2023
Place 8, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating B23, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 CHENHE YuHan 13 U 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago / Sallemazoo 1579 2105 38.2 80%
Pool L 1:5 MILLER Douglas S. 12 E21 11 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2632 2067 8.4 19%
Pool W 5:4 PAPP Mike 18 U 15 Rockford Fencing Club / Illinois Fencing Academy 1000 2059 2.8 95%
Pool L 3:5 KIM Kendrick 7 D23 6 Midwest Fencing Club 2011 2062 22.4 53%
Pool W 5:2 DEGA Brandon 19 U 19 Madison Fencing Academy / Madison Fencing Academy 974 2039 3.3 92%
Pool W 5:3 WANG William 6 D23 2 Midwest Fencing Club 1941 2043 17.8 57%
T16 W 15:8 WAGNER Elijah 9 E23 9 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club / Marian Catholic High School 2062 2542 27.9 77%
T8 L 12:15 CHENHE YuHan 13 U 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago / Sallemazoo 2034 2569 91.7 79%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-50 Men's Saber (A2, V50), July 4, 2023
Place 6, Seed 9, Rank 11, Rating B23, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 ZOLLER Matthew 12 10 C22 7 Fencing Academy Of Denver 2273 2094 29.7 38%
Pool W 5:1 SIMS Martin L. 21 24 U 29 Fairfax Fencers LLC 1280 2124 4.9 91%
Pool L 2:5 MARTINEZ Mario D. 19 17 E21 17 Cardinal Fencing Club / Delta Fencing Center 1839 2129 32.3 68%
Pool W 5:1 TANNAS Henri 30 U 8 Globus Fencing Academy 1665 2097 11.2 75%
Pool L 4:5 BECKER William L. 2 2 A22 5 3182 2108 2.5 4%
T32 W 10:5 BIESIADA Jacek W. 26 40 U 24 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 1317 2441 10.0 93%
T16 W 10:8 DOLEGIEWICZ Mariusz 7 7 B23 12 Midwest Fencing Club 3027 2451 110.5 20%
T8 L 9:10 BACON Michael F. 8 7 B23 3 Manhattan Fencing Center 3242 2561 19.8 14%

Windy City ROC /RJCC

Div I-A Men's Foil (A2, D1A), April 30, 2023
Place 29, Seed 28, Not ranked, Rating U, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 FORTUNE Alexander J. 8 B22 3 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2754 2268 23.2 22%
Pool L 2:5 DOUGLAS Rhys 22 D22 21 Denison University Fencing NCAA 2613 2245 26.7 29%
Pool L 0:5 LIU Ethan 13 C23 9 Renaissance Fencing Club 2463 2218 32.0 35%
Pool L 4:5 POLONSKI Anthony 19 D23 15 Fencing Center of Chicago 2304 2186 36.8 42%
Pool L 2:5 ZHAO Bowen 3 B23 20 The Fencers Academy 2084 2149 44.6 54%
T32 L 6:15 JU Alexander (Alex) Y. 14 C22 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago / Fencers Club Inc. 3015 1961 24.2 7%

Windy City ROC /RJCC

Div I-A Men's Saber (C2, D1A), April 29, 2023
Place 18, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating B23, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 TAGUE Jonathan 24 U 16 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2117 2166 25.2 53%
Pool W 5:1 BECK William 17 U 27 Lincoln Square Fencing 564 2191 0.5 > 99%
Pool L 2:5 ZHOU William 21 U 3 Globus Fencing Academy 1650 2192 48.6 81%
Pool L 3:5 TAN Ethan 10 E23 6 Western Reserve Academy / Platinum Fencing Academy 1679 2143 43.0 77%
Pool W 5:3 KIM Kendrick 9 D23 8 Midwest Fencing Club 1905 2100 19.1 63%
Pool L 2:5 BARNES William 16 U 12 Denison University Fencing NCAA 2056 2119 24.8 54%
T32 L 12:15 PARK Caleb 14 E22 15 Midwest Fencing Club 2125 2555 113.9 74%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Vet-50 Men's Saber (A2, V50), April 23, 2023
Place 3, Seed 23, Rank 31, Rating U, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 VIDOVSZKY Tamas J. 7 8 A22 13 Premier Fencing Academy LLC 3192 2128 3.9 5%
Pool W 5:2 PENTON Robert 15 13 C19 14 Triple Threat Fencing Academy 2915 2124 68.0 10%
Pool L 4:5 MARGIL David 18 E22 21 Zeta Fencing 2138 2192 31.2 53%
Pool W 5:1 BEECH William 26 U 23 Phoenix Fencing Academy / Phoenix Falcons Fencing Club 1665 2161 13.0 77%
Pool L 1:5 BECKER William L. 2 2 A22 2 3123 2174 4.7 6%
Pool L 3:5 BACON Michael F. 10 9 B23 3 Manhattan Fencing Center 3233 2169 3.3 4%
T32 W 10:5 ANDERSON Nathan T. 12 19 C23 18 Denver Fencing Center 2461 1959 171.0 25%
T16 W 10:8 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 5 5 B22 9 Globus Fencing Academy 2623 2130 166.2 23%
T8 W 10:9 MAKOGON Sergey 9 15 A21 7 Salt City Swords Fencing Club 3769 2296 269.7 1%
T4 L 9:10 BECKER William L. 2 2 A22 2 3620 2566 11.0 5%

January NAC

Vet-50 Men's Saber (A2, V50), January 9, 2023
Place 20, Seed 30, Not ranked, Rating U, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 CISNEROS Robert A. 31 U 31 Lancaster Fencing Academy / Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2500 2023 31.6 32%
Pool L 3:5 THORNTON Ronald J. 1 1 A22 5 Capital Fencing Academy 3422 2055 1.7 1%
Pool L 4:5 DASHNAW Stephen 10 14 B22 3 Lilov Fencing Academy 2932 2053 7.4 8%
Pool W 5:1 ANDERSON Nathan T. 21 E19 8 Denver Fencing Center 2507 2046 58.2 23%
Pool L 3:5 MARTINEZ Mario D. 19 13 E21 23 Cardinal Fencing Club / Delta Fencing Center 1976 2104 40.5 58%
Pool W 5:3 CHU Kevin 11 18 B21 15 Manhattan Fencing Center 2721 2063 64.9 14%
T32 L 9:10 CHU Kevin 11 18 B21 15 Manhattan Fencing Center 2955 1983 24.1 8%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), January 8, 2023
Place 26, Seed 50, Not ranked, Rating U, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 LEE Ivan J.
1 A22 1 Long Island University / Long Island Fencing Center 3719 1955 0.6 < 1%
Pool W 5:2 DAHL Chris 32 E22 41 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2125 1954 56.8 39%
Pool W 5:2 STONE Brad 33 E21 52 Cardinal Fencing Club 1432 2011 17.3 82%
Pool L 2:5 KAOURIS George 16 C22 27 Stamford Fencing Center, LLC / Sheridan Fencing Academy 2308 2028 28.4 33%
Pool W 5:3 CAISSE Michael J. 49 U 33 Hangtown Saber Club 2383 2000 47.1 31%
Pool L 2:5 GRAFF Jon 17 C22 15 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 2383 2047 23.9 30%
T64 W 10:5 DAHL Chris 32 E22 41 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2108 1800 195.8 33%
T32 L 6:10 PENTON Robert 21 C19 10 Triple Threat Fencing Academy 3218 1996 13.4 4%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Saber (B2, D1A), October 1, 2022
Place 19, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating U, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 STATEN-LUSTY Silas J. 1 90 B22 3 Salle Auriol Seattle / Northwestern University NCAA 3085 1997 7.4 4%
Pool L 3:5 AKS Ari 16 E22 11 Lincoln Square Fencing 2148 1989 48.8 40%
Pool W 5:3 BLOOM Jacob 21 U 25 Wayne State University NCAA 1542 1940 28.4 69%
Pool L 3:5 SIDDIQUI Shayan 9 D22 7 Renaissance Fencing Club 2131 1969 43.9 40%
Pool L 1:5 HAN Edward 8 D22 9 Midwest Fencing Club 2395 1925 25.2 23%
Pool W 5:3 SZILAGYI László 19 U 23 The Fencers Academy 2031 1900 55.2 42%
T32 L 7:15 PARK Caleb 22 U 14 Midwest Fencing Club 1898 1990 189.9 55%

Duel at Dallas Div1A/2/Vet ROC

Div I-A Men's Saber (D1, D1A), September 24, 2022
Place 17, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 WILSON Matthew D. 18 U 21 2500 2030 77.9 33%
Pool W 5:4 KURAPATI Datta 26 U 26 Texas Fencing Academy 1790 2108 45.6 63%
Pool W 5:4 ZLATINSKI Jason 21 U 23 Globus Fencing Academy 1653 2154 39.8 78%
Pool L 2:5 CHON Collin 7 E22 6 Globus Fencing Academy 2010 2194 96.7 61%
Pool L 3:5 CONINE Tanner C. 2 D22 5 Globus Fencing Academy 2526 2097 37.8 25%
Pool L 4:5 LO Bradley 10 E22 8 Globus Fencing Academy 2108 2059 62.5 47%
T32 L 13:15 KWON Kenneth 13 U 16 1797 2389 399.1 78%

Duel at Dallas Div1A/2/Vet ROC

Veteran Men's Saber (U, VET), September 24, 2022
Place 2, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 DANIELL Steven J. 5 U 3 Fencing Institute Of Texas 1520 1932 73.3 73%
Pool W 5:1 SUMMERS Christopher 3 U 5 Round Rock Fencing Club, LLC / Alliance Fencing Academy 1416 2006 48.2 77%
Pool W 5:2 LO Nelson 2 U 3 Globus Fencing Academy 1512 2054 49.1 78%
Pool L 1:5 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 1 B22 1 Globus Fencing Academy 2351 2103 72.4 35%
T4 W 10:6 LO Nelson 2 U 3 Globus Fencing Academy 1544 2685 92.2 88%
T2 L 5:10 ESCUETA Jr Antonio V. 1 B22 1 Globus Fencing Academy 2587 2777 387.3 59%

Burton Men's Open

Senior Men's Saber (E1, SNR), September 11, 2022
Place 3, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 ROHRLACK Charles (Charlie) F. 1 A19 1 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 3722 2500 151.0 12%
Pool L 2:5 MILLER Douglas S. 4 E21 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2704 2349 327.0 36%
Pool L 3:5 ZIRKLE James 2 B22 2 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2266 2022 273.0 39%
Pool W 5:2 HILL Quillan 3 E22 5 H-F High School / Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 1942 1749 322.5 41%
Pool L 4:5 TURNER Benjamin 8 U 6 Midwest Fencing Club 1400 2071 365.9 81%
Pool W 5:1 KELLEY James 7 U 7 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Fencing Club 1960 1706 174.0 38%
Pool W 5:2 DUNLOP Richard (Dick) M. 6 U 8 Illinois Fencers Club 1210 1880 52.6 83%
T8 W 15:13 HILL Quillan 3 E22 5 H-F High School / Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 1914 2500 313.5 71%
T4 L 6:15 ROHRLACK Charles (Charlie) F. 1 A19 1 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 3854 2813 128.9 13%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Men's Foil (A2, V50), July 7, 2022
Place 18, Seed 32, Not ranked, Rating U, Bronzeville Fencing Academy / RedStar Fencing Club Chicago
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 SUAREZ Rafael A. 7 15 A22 1 Masters Fencing Club 3692 2152 2.3 1%
Pool W 5:2 NEAS Derek 31 U 35 Center for Blade Arts 2194 2150 40.8 48%
Pool W 5:2 GRISWOLD Doug 18 13 D22 27 Apex Fencing Academy 2256 2190 60.6 46%
Pool W 5:0 BERKE Daniel (Dan) L. 19 27 D21 25 Rain City Fencing Center 1809 2251 26.9 76%
Pool L 2:5 PIMOUTKINE Roustam R. 6 7 A22 9 Fencers Club Inc. 3177 2278 9.8 8%
T32 L 2:10 WAY Kashi M. 13 30 B19 15 DC Fencers Club 2700 2018 56.5 20%

Midwest ROC (D1A, DV2 & VET)/RJCC

Veteran Men's Foil (U, VET), November 27, 2021
Place 2, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 SCHOENACK Jason A. 1 E21 1 2301 2076 76.4 37%
T2 L 4:10 SCHOENACK Jason A. 1 E21 1 2170 2169 151.1 50%

Midwest ROC (D1A, DV2 & VET)/RJCC

Div II Men's Foil (C1, DV2), November 27, 2021
Place 10, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 METTE Russell 9 E21 21 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2253 1853 129.8 27%
Pool W 5:2 BREWNER Ethan 15 U 18 1211 1982 22.6 85%
Pool L 0:5 VAN BUREN Brett J. 5 C18 3 West Michigan Fencing Academy 2486 2005 35.8 23%
Pool W 5:4 SMITH Erick 4 C18 5 2392 1969 106.3 26%
T16 L 6:15 WILKINS Mateo 11 E20 7 2492 2322 153.4 42%

Fencing Center of Chicago ROC & RJCC

Veteran Men's Foil (U, VET), September 19, 2021
Place 1, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 TIERNEY Luke 1 D21 2 Iowa City Fencing Center 1821 1450 180.0 30%
Pool W 5:3 TREANOR Donald K. 5 U 3 1619 1630 103.2 51%
Pool W 5:2 MUHAMMAD Malcolm 4 U 3 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1994 1733 97.2 38%
Pool W 5:0 JOHNSON Robert 2 U 5 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 966 1830 22.4 88%
T4 W 10:6 MUHAMMAD Malcolm 4 U 3 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 2778 1662 424.0 15%
T2 W 10:8 TIERNEY Luke 1 D21 2 Iowa City Fencing Center 2146 2086 235.9 47%

Fencing Center of Chicago ROC & RJCC

Div II Men's Foil (C1, DV2), September 19, 2021
Place 18, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 HOWARD Colton 11 E21 10 2228 1523 91.5 19%
Pool L 2:5 ROBINSON Matthew 22 U 14 1590 1432 163.9 42%
Pool W 5:1 LIM Lance Jeremiah 18 U 21 Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC 1560 1268 230.3 34%
Pool L 2:5 JI Aidan Y. 7 D21 1 Culver Military Academy / Fencing Center of Chicago 2501 1498 26.2 7%
Pool L 0:5 FORTUNE Alexander J. 2 C21 3 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2510 1472 22.4 6%
T32 L 12:15 SMITH Erick 6 C18 15 1988 2018 355.3 51%

Fencing Center of Chicago ROC & RJCC

Div I-A Men's Foil (B2, D1A), September 18, 2021
Place 22, Seed 26, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 LIU Jacob B. 14 D21 14 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2251 2500 650.2 60%
Pool L 0:5 JI Aidan Y. 16 D21 18 Culver Military Academy / Fencing Center of Chicago 2447 1850 183.0 24%
Pool L 3:5 PALMA Matthew Dominic 5 C21 12 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2527 1667 94.4 14%
Pool L 2:5 KOBAL Maximilian 6 C21 2 Jovanovic Fencing 2678 1573 49.1 8%
T32 L 6:15 FORTUNE Alexander J. 4 C21 8 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2641 2500 482.5 45%