Goa Chess Association, on behalf of All Chess Federation, organized a Senior National Arbiter seminar, followed by an examination at Panjim , Goa on 7th and 8th December. Forty participants from Goa, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh participated in the two days event.
R. Anantharam IA, member Arbiters’ Commission FIDE handled the classes covering all the topics relevant to the seminar. In the afternoon of the second day, the examination was held and all who attended the seminar appeared. The successful list of participants, who passed with A & B grades is furnished below:
| SL NO | Candidate Name | Grade | Gender | State | AICF ID | Fide ID |
| 1 | Aryan Shamrao Raikar | A | Male | Goa | 8090GA2021 | 46642765 |
| 2 | Dalal Ambar Abhay | A | Male | Goa | 11724GA2021 | 46664874 |
| 3 | Prashant Salvi | A | Male | Goa | 64127GOA2015 | 45069212 |
| 4 | Pradnya Sachin Kakodkar | A | Female | Goa | 8266GA2021 | 46643575 |
| 5 | Anish Naik | A | Male | Goa | 16422GA2021 | 25030418 |
| 6 | Arsha Chopdekar | A | Female | Goa | 207402GA2023 | 88198278 |
| 7 | Jadhav Gayatri | A | Female | MAH | 269442MH2024 | 33433860 |
| 8 | Diukar Tushar | A | Male | Goa | 16425GA2021 | 35069012 |
| 9 | Anushka Naik | A | Female | Goa | 267904GA2024 | 537040049 |
| 10 | Kambli Datta | A | Male | Goa | 228611GA2024 | 35069063 |
| 11 | Patil Abhishek | A | Male | MAH | 17199MH2021 | 35030469 |
| 12 | Parab Rishikesh | A | Male | Goa | 42609GA2021 | 25736582 |
| 13 | Sanjiv Mesta | A | Male | Goa | 276761GA2024 | 537040065 |
| 14 | Shane Alvarin Braganca | A | Male | Goa | 2194GA2021 | 25046403 |
| 15 | Naik Snehal | A | Female | GOA | 44784GOA2013 | 46616071 |
| 16 | Sunetra M Dagare | A | Female | Goa | 267938GA2024 | 537040030 |
| 17 | Nikam Ravindra | B | Male | MAH | 237201MH2024 | 5029759 |
| 18 | Renuka M Hawal | B | Female | Goa | 267966GA2024 | 537042130 |
| 19 | Naroji Sanskriti | B | Female | Goa | 47954GOA2013 | 35077422 |
| 20 | Suraj Kale | B | Male | Goa | 77734GOA2016 | 25691864 |
| 21 | Dhargalkar Nilesh | B | Male | Goa | 52819GA2021 | 25932845 |
| 22 | Abhishesh N Prabhu Desai | B | Male | Goa | 206923GA2023 | 429054834 |
| 23 | Justin Joseph | B | Male | KER | 176539kl2022 | 45001804 |
| 24 | Chavan Pankaj | B | MALE | GOA | 268503GA2024 | 46602038 |
| 25 | Narvekar PS | B | Male | Goa | 42376GA2021 | 25731068 |
| 26 | Shivprasad Ashok Kokane | B | Male | MAH | 51547MH2021 | 25921487 |
| 27 | Shravan S Barve | B | Male | Goa | 37720GA2021 | 5096359 |
All the participants awarded with SNA title (Grade:A & B ) 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. 3370/- 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 .
**All other participants shall be eligible for NA title and eligible to officiate all events except FIDE rated ones.**
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