| Mehrdad Ardeshi | |
| Country: | Iran |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| International Master (2007)[1] | |
| Peakrating: | 2421 (January 2007) |
| Fideid: | 12502030 |
Mehrdad Ardeshi (Persian: مهرداد اردشی) is an Iranian chess International Master born on January 1, 1979, in Tehran, Iran.[2] He is also the coach of the Iranian national youth chess team.
Mehrdad Ardeshi was interested in chess since he was a teenager, but his father strongly forbid him from doing so that as not to damage his studies, but he continued to try. After the death of his father in 1997,[3] he continued in this field with the support of his mother, and after marriage, his wife became his second supporter in this field.[4] He is also a close friend of Morteza Mahjoub and uncle of Iranian filmmaker Danial Hajibarat.
Ardeshi is the head coach of the Iranian Chess national youth team,[5] and in 2020, won the third place in the World Junior Chess Championship held online in Georgia.[6] He is the chairman of the training committee of the Iranian Chess Federation, a member of the Iranian national team, and a participant in the World Chess Olympiad that It was the last year that Garry Kasparov was present.
Mehrdad Ardeshi is Champion of the West Asian Qualifiers,[7] the first joint winner of the international competitions of the Fajr decade, two years champion of the Iranian Premier League with Bahman and Railway teams, 4 years individual champion of the Iranian Premier League.[8]