Younes El Mchaouri Mas: The Candidate Master Who Went Loco
Younes El Mchaouri Mas, known online as Loco_Magister25, is a FIDE Candidate Master with a Blitz chess story that reads like a rocket launch. After a quiet October, he tore through November, closingthe month near 2416 (2025-11-23) in Blitz after climbing from the 1400s. The numbers say it all: 111 wins,55 losses,and15 draws,and an 11 game winning streak in his favorite time control.
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A Repertoire Built for Speed
His opening choices reveal a practical, sharp player. With white, he drivesgames with 1.e4 often,whetting appetites with the Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation,and he has a perfect 4 from4 in the English Opening'sAgincourt Defense. As black, he is at home in the Modern Defense and the Czech Defense, grinding down opponents with 63 and70 percent win rates respectively.
Not every experiment paid off: the Batavo Gambit cost him dearly at just 20 percent, but he more than made up for it by posting 100 percent in Philidor Defense and nearly 90 percent in the English Opening.
Resilience and Rivalries
Loco_Magister25 does not buckle when behind. His comeback rate sits at78.4 percent,and his win rate after losing a piece is56.1 percent, making him dangerous in seemingly lost positions. He likes to strike first, deliveringthe first check in58.5 percent of games and converting67.7 percent of those into wins.
He has had the better of rival Horațiu Rauca in three Blitz meetings,wining two and drawing one, though Kamil Plichta has been a thorn, beating him twice. Against lower rated opposition he wins78.5 percent, and even against higher rated players he still scrapes out31.3 percent.
The Loco Trajectory
With a Candidate Master title already earned, and a peak that keeps moving, Younes El Mchaouri Mas is a player who blends classical openings,gutsy defense,and full blown Blitz chaos. If November was any clue, the Loco Magisteris just getting warmed up.