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Ardeshi, Mehrdad
IM🇮🇷INACTIVE · since August 2017FIDE 12502030· Male· Iran· Born in 1979
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Mehrdad Ardeshi, a 47-year-old Iranian International Master, is rated 2294 and sitting in the top 1% of Iranian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He plays around 18 rated games per year and took a 37-month break between Mar 2010 and May 2013. Also played 7 rapid (including jam ghadir tehran rapid) and 8 blitz events (including jam ghadir tehran blitz) recently. His peak of 2421 was reached at age 28 (Jan 2007, Iranian #4 at the time); he spent 19 months in Iranian top 10.
Awarded IM in 2008 (age 29) and FM in 2004 (age 25).
Current rating
2294
Standard
Rpd2084·Blz2067
All-time high
2421
−127 pts below
Jan 2007 · age 28
Jan 2007 · age 28
Activity
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classical only
Signature stat
Top 1%
#51 · Iranian players · of 4,123
19 months in National top 10 (2002–2009)
19 months in National top 10 (2002–2009)
Career timeline
16 entries2017
Inactive for 105 months
paused at 2294 → still inactive
Aug 2017
2010
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 2366 → returned at 2344
Mar 2010
2009
19 months in national top 10
since Jan 2002
Jul 2009
2008
IM title awardedIM
at age 29 · 78th FIDE Congress 2007
Jan 2008
2007
Peak Iranian rank: #4
at age 28 · rated 2421
Jan 2007
Crossed 2400
at age 28
Jan 2007
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2294 → 2294
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsAmir Hosein KashefiFM
🇮🇷IRI·2169
+38 −43 =9
90 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsMeisam Abed
🇮🇷IRI·1912
+49 −35 =5
89 games·last met Feb 2024
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vsAli Ghobadibigvand
🇮🇷IRI·1817
+62 −8 =2
72 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsEhsan Ghaem MaghamiGM
🇮🇷IRI·2447
+5 −55 =11
71 games·last met Oct 2019
View head-to-head →
vsReza Sadeghi Givi
🇮🇷IRI·2044
+44 −16 =9
69 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
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Iran
#39
out of 9,138 players
Asia-Pacific
#498
in continent
World
#5,253
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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