Bardiya Daneshvar ( fa, بردیا دانشور; born June 21, 2006) is an Iranian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In June 2022, Daneshvar was the winner of the Iranian Men's Final Chess Championship, ahead of top seed Seyed Khalil Mousavi. In October 2022, Daneshvar represented Iran at the World Youth U16 Olympiad. He drew against Indian Pranav V, causing Iran and India to draw against each other. In June 2023, Daneshvar finished second in the Asian Continental Chess Championship, behind winner Shamsiddin Vokhidov. Daneshvar played in the

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, where he defeated Mahammad Muradli in the first round and then caused an upset by defeating super-grandmaster

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(the tournament's 12th seed) in the second round. Daneshvar was then defeated by Salem Saleh in the third round.

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