Final report of Senior National Arbiter Examination held at Thoothukudi on 31st August and 1st September 2024.

Tamil Nadu State Chess Association on behalf of All India Chess Federation and Arbiters’ Commission AICF organized a Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination held at Thoothukudi on 31st August and 1st September 2024.

Forty-Five aspiring participants participated in the seminar and Mr.Anantharam R IA & FL was the lecturer.

Sri PSPKJ Somu, Correspondent, Kamaraj College, Sri Joe Prakash, President Thothukudi District Chess Association and Dr. J. Poongodi, Principal inaugurated the seminar in the presence of Dr. T. Karpagavalli, secretary, TDCA. All the topics pertaining to the SNA syllabus were discussed elaborately by the

lecturer, based on the course material comprising the latest changes passed in the FIDE Council on 29 th July 2024. All forty five participants mostly from Tamil Nadu, two from Kerala and one from Karnataka actively took part in the discussion.

SL No	Candidate Name	Gen.	Grade	AICF ID
1	Sivaganesh Jayaprakash	M	A	32344TN2021
2	Steephan Raj J	M	A	49961TN2013
3	Sabarish RK	M	A	8616TN2021
4	Harini S	F	A	5766TN2021
5	Govindarajan S	M	A	148610TN2022
6	Thajudeen R	M	A	256836TN2024
7	Abraham Justin s	M	A	75202TN2021
8	Ishwaryaa Lakshmi Narayanan	F	A	79599TN2016
9	Bharathi A	M	A	256271TN2024
10	Pandiaraj G	M	A	229718TN2024
11	Rishi R	M	A	23650TN2021
12	Velmurugan B	M	A	10876TN2021
13	Prabheesh K	M	A	13252KL2021
14	Sankaranarayanan V	M	A	29053TN2021
15	Uma Nagarajan	F	A	256675TN2024
16	Anbarasu G	M	A	24959TN2021
17	Binth Thirsha G	F	A	122285TN2022
18	Chinnadurai T	M	A	20842TN2021
19	Jachin Samuel S	M	A	51011TN2021
20	Jebasline J	F	A	219200TN2023
21	Vignesh S	M	A	71354TN2021
22	Anurag P Khannur	M	B	28431KA2021
23	Ramakrishnan SG	M	B	19380TN2021
24	Dinesh Kumar S	M	B	256403TN2024
25	Rengaraj P	M	B	230645TN2024
26	Mohammed Irshad CK	M	B	247477KL2024
27	Mugelan KP	M	B	117870TN2022
28	Kannan T	M	B	256891TN2024
29	Perumaldevi P	F	B	123756TN2022
30	Nanthakumar A	M	B	123203TN2022
31	Ravi A	M	B	188096TN2023
32	Senthivel S	M	B	108508TN2021
33	Arumugam R	M	B	231949TN2024
34	Kovshika S.G	F	B	256340TN2024
35	Manoj Kumar K	M	B	175922TN2022

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.**

Final List