Final Report :Senior National Arbiter Examination, Bangalore 26th and 27th August 2023

A Senior National Arbiter seminar followed by an examination was organized by Karnataka State Chess Association, on behalf of All India Chess Federation on 26^th & 27^th August 2023. Because of the large number of entries, the seminar was held in two batches. IA R. Anantharam and IA Swapnil Bansod were the lecturers, who handled the topics on Laws of chess, rating, title, arbiter, pairing and tiebreak regulations. Seventy nine participants attended the examination and the following is the list of candidates, who have attained the SNA/NA titles.

Senior National Arbiter Seminar and Examination, Bangalore, Batch-1 & 2
Organised By : Karnataka State Chess Association
On Behalf of : All India Chess Federation & Arb. Commission AICF
SNO	FIDE ID	Name		State	AICF ID	Grade
1	46631291	Archit Saigal		Karnataka	6129KA2021	A
2	25741063	Abhilash T		Karnataka	200730KA2023	A
3	88199770	Balahemalatha K	F	Karnataka	200909KA2023	A
4	5062438	Meghana S, Belavadi	F	Karnataka	192183KA2023	A
5	25190210	Udupi Avani Acharya	F	Karnataka	71965KA2021	A
6	25092480	Arun D		Karnataka	207338KA2023	A
7	5043670	Karthik, H S		Karnataka	204417KA2023	A
8	5062462	Muralidhara G K		Karnataka	1650KA2021	A
9	88122638	Abraham Jose		Karnataka	186226KA2023	A
10	25020188	Akshay V Halagannavar		Karnataka	1654KA2021	A
11	33340609	Chandan Gowda		Karnataka	78767KA2021	A
12	5044855	Darshan, V P S		Karnataka	15323KA2021	A
13	5062489	Namratha, GM		Karnataka	203869KA2023	A
14	48723282	Lalit Kumar Agarwalla		Karnataka	119745KA2022	A
15	35013149	Karthik S		Karnataka	9764KA2021	A
16	45014620	Nagaraja Babu M V		Karnataka	17698KA2021	A
17	5062640	Prerana	F	Karnataka	164308KA2022	A
18	88198219	Rupa Sai Charan		Karnataka	200521KA2023	A
19	88198227	Sreenidhi M		Karnataka	204613KA2023	A
20	5005540	Chethan, Kowndinya		Karnataka	196807KA2023	A
21	25703684	Denzil Cutinha		Karnataka	39163KA2021	A
22	45062927	Dhanush M S		Karnataka	23319KA2021	A
23	25921797	Jadhav Saksham		Karnataka	200880KA2023	A
24	25643096	Subodh S Kumar		Karnataka	32443KA2021	A
25	88198235	Sushmitha S C	F	Karnataka	163959KA2022	A
26	88198170	Monika S G	F	Karnataka	125692KA2022	B
27	25629174	Sripathi Ramaswamy		Karnataka	55335KA2021	B
28	33392820	Namratha H	F	Karnataka	99878KA2021	B
29	88198189	Rangamani H R	F	Karnataka	104712KA2021	B
30	88198200	Rashmi S	F	Karnataka	200557KA2023	B
31	88199789	Shrinidhi KV		Karnataka	207343KA2023	B
32	35085310	Shanthosh R		Tamil Nadu	7619TN2021	A
33	5025133	Palaniappan, A.L.		Tamil Nadu	7068TN2021	A
34	88198332	Rahul Batra		Uttarakhand	207455UT2023	A
35	25154125	Santhosh L		Karnataka	67415KA2021	A
36	88198294	Binoy N J		Kerala	207333KL2023	A
37	25770373	Thanush Gowda R		Karnataka	200845KA2023	A
38	46603697	Dhanasekaran Vairamani		Tamil Nadu	24242TN2021	A
39	25692712	Divekar Chaitanya		Maharashtra	38356MH2021	A
40	150267834	Ethiraju, Srinivas		Karnataka	200464KA2023	A
41	88198375	Phani Kumar Dharmavarapu		Karnataka	207325KA2023	A
42	25183877	Jai Sankar K		Tamil Nadu	71160TN2021	B
43	5073502	Snehil, Shetty		Goa	2624GA2021	B
44	88198367	Nayana Kumar		Karnataka	204426KA2023	B
45	88198316	Aryan Kotwal		Maharashtra	200619MH2023	B
46	88198308	Rakesh Sadasivan		Kerala	200497KL2023	B
47	88198405	Vibitha Mercy W	F	Tamil Nadu	200589TN2023	B
48	88151190	Kiran Kumar Gudipati		Andhra Pradesh	185046AP2023	B
49	88198286	Vishalakshi S Shetty	F	Goa	207398GA2023	B
50	33328838	Kumbhalkar Vaibhav		Maharashtra	200544MH2023	B
51	45043361	Jayakumar V		Tamil Nadu	21329TN2021	B
52	33384185	Naveen Kumar S		Karnataka	83764KA2021	B
53	88198324	Vaishnavi Anand	F	Maharashtra	200501MH2023	B

All the participants awarded with SNA title are required to be registered with AICF as Arbiter as well as 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 FIDE Arbiter Seminar. To get NA License please pay an amount of Rs. 3210/- at https://prs.aicf.in/pay and intimate the details (Name, FIDE ID and Screenshot of payment) by email to indianchessfed@gmail.com & aicf.acct@gmail.com.

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

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