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.**





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