Final report :SNA Seminar & Exam held in Jammu on 17 & 18 July 2026

The All Jammu & Kashmir Chess Association, with the Directorate of Youth Services and Sports J&K, in collaboration with the All India Chess Federation and the Arbiters’ Commission AICF, organised a Senior National Arbiter Seminar and Examination at the Nek Hotel, Below Gumat, Jammu, on July 17-18, 2026.

Thirty-five aspiring arbiters from Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Jammu & Kashmir participated in the seminar. Mr. Swapnil Bansod, an International Arbiter and FIDE Lecturer, served as the instructor.

During the two-day seminar, Mr Bansod covered various topics, including the Laws of Chess, tiebreaks, tournament rules, arbiter regulations, Swiss pairings, rating regulations, title regulations, and fair play regulations.

The following participants qualified for the Senior National Arbiter Title and FIDE National Arbiter License. Those who passed the examination with an “A” or “B” grade are eligible to apply for a FIDE license to serve as arbiters in FIDE-rated tournaments. Please note that the results are only valid if the candidate applies for the license within six months of the publication of the results.

NO	FIDE ID	NAME	S	STATE	AICF ID	GRADE
1	33459568	Vijay Parmar	M	Madhya Pradesh	395442MP2026	A
2	25100270	Rahul Gupta	M	Haryana	189719HR2023	A
3	25995987	Amrita Gupta	F	Jammu and Kashmir	60627JK2021	A
4	583030883	Himani Rawat	F	Delhi	394225DL2026	A
5	33392242	Nitin Sethi	M	Jammu and Kashmir	401081JK2026	A
6	35022270	Arvind Sharma	M	Jammu and Kashmir	271450JK2024	A
7	564067220	Pooja Pandey	F	Haryana	359339HR2026	B
8	429039924	Sundram Gajral	M	Uttar Pradesh	215296UP2023	B
9	88133206	Ajay Singh Parmar	M	Madhya Pradesh	241020MP2024	B
10	583033289	Gurbir Singh	M	Jammu and Kashmir	400269JK2026	B
11	547095164	Kapil Dev Chahal	M	Uttar Pradesh	324417UP2025	B
12	583033335	Showkat Ahmad Khan	M	Jammu and Kashmir	401341JK2026	B
13	25786148	Khalid Rashid Malik	M	Jammu and Kashmir	401056JK2026	B
14	25713817	Nikhil Kumar Chaudhary	M	Delhi	386321DL2026	B
15	429063612	Sritam Das	M	West Bengal	260423WB2024	B
16	583033360	Sandeep Kangotra	M	Jammu and Kashmir	401228JK2026	B
17	583033408	Krishna Vithalani	F	Gujarat	394659GJ2026	B
18	583033297	Nisar Ahmad Reshi	M	Jammu and Kashmir	401063JK2026	B
19	583033424	Neha Sharma	F	Jammu and Kashmir	401011JK2026	B
20	583033300	Hilal Ahmad Malik	M	Jammu and Kashmir	401069JK2026	B
21	583033343	Shakeel Ahmad Wani	M	Jammu and Kashmir	401060JK2026	B
22	531031544	Gagan Gupta	M	Uttar Pradesh	243709UP2024	B
23	583033416	Upasna Devi	F	Jammu and Kashmir	401065JK2026	B
24	583033432	Bandhana Devi	F	Jammu and Kashmir	400868JK2026	B
25	583033440	Minti Rani	F	Jammu and Kashmir	400804JK2026	B
26	583033351	Aijaz Ahmad Shah	M	Jammu and Kashmir	401066JK2026	B
27	583033327	Bilal Ahmad Sheikh	M	Jammu and Kashmir	401104JK2026	B

All the participants awarded the SNA title are required to be registered with AICF as an Arbiter and get their FIDE NA License prior to officiating in any FIDE-rated event. They must be licensed before officiating in any FIDE-rated event or attending a FIDE Arbiter Seminar. To get an NA License, please pay an amount of Rs. 3695 /- at https://prs.aicf.in/pay and intimate the details (Name, FIDE ID and Screenshot of payment) by email to aicf.acct@gmail.com cc to Indianchessfed@gmail.com & ratings.aicf@gmail.com

**All other participants shall be eligible for the NA title and eligible to officiate all events except FIDE-rated ones.**

Final Result