Ouakhir, Mehdi Pierre

Mehdi Pierre Ouakhir, a 41-year-old Moroccan FIDE Master, is rated 2112 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 83 Elo over the past 12 months. 51 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 1 r8-9, Championnat du Maroc Par Equipe 1ere Division SUD Open, and Rencontres Internationales des Echecs Francophones Standard. Also played 1 rapid (including RAPIDE sur l'echiquier des Marocains du Monde 3eme edition) and 3 blitz events (including 21eme Festival International d'Echecs Chefchaouen Marathon de Blitz) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 21 months (2008–2010), 15 months (2010–2011) and 18 months (2011–2013). His peak of 2312 was reached at age 32 (Aug 2017); he also reached Moroccan #6 in Jul 2018 and spent 70 months in Moroccan top 10, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.

Awarded FM in 2018 (age 33) and CM in 2016 (age 31). At junior level, he reached #1, #1 and #2 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.