Dorsa Derakhshani (Persian: درسا درخشانی; born 1998) is an Iranian-American chess player.

Her 15-year-old brother Borna, who is a FIDE Master, was also banned for playing Israeli grandmaster Alexander Huzman in the first round of the same tournament.

[12] Following the ban, Derakhshani was accepted as a student at Saint Louis University to study biology on a pre-med track, winning a scholarship to play on the Saint Louis University Chess Team and taking up the role of SLU Woman Team Captain (2019–2022).

[6] Derakhshani graduated summa cum laude from St. Louis University in 2022, majoring in biology and clinical health science.

[18][19] She is currently a medical student at University of Missouri School of Medicine and intends to continue playing and teaching chess while training to be a surgeon.