FIDE Arbiter Seminiar held at Delhi from 04 to 07 July, 2017 – Results
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in New Delhi, India, by the Delhi Chess Association, in cooperation with the All India Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar was the Park Plaza Hotel in New Delhi.
The Lecturer was IA Prof. R. Anatharam (IND), FIDE Arbiters’ Commission Councillor and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA MS Gopakumar (IND).
The lectures were in the English language.
Thirty seven (37) people from India participated in the Seminar and in the examination test held after the lectures.
The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a FIDE Arbiter Norm, after the approval of the next FIDE Congress:
| NAME | FIDE ID | FED. |
| Sohani Vivek Suhas | 25710478 | IND |
| Aparajita Gochhikar | 5046556 | IND |
| Praful B Zaveri | 5020050 | IND |
| Rajeev Kumar | 25771760 | IND |
| Chandan Chawla | 25744658 | IND |
| Puneet Jaiswal | 5006830 | IND |
| Praveen Kumar Kothari | 5045789 | IND |
| Ajmal PA | 5046084 | IND |
| Hemprakash Borsagade | 25086260 | IND |
| Smitha Selvi | 25771779 | IND |
| Tejavath Naresh | 35000810 | IND |
| Swaraj Buragohain | 5035538 | IND |
| Joshi Abhijit Shrikant | 5026091 | IND |
| Karthik R | 25712870 | IND |
| Kaviraj Sawant | 35010069 | IND |
| Martin Samuel | 25091158 | IND |
| Raghavendra MV | 45051518 | IND |
| Sandesh Mahavir Nagarnaik | 25649833 | IND |
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