Final Report of Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination held in Ahmednagar (Ahilya Nagar), Maharashtra on 12th & 13th July, 2025.

Ahmednagar District Chess Circle on behalf of Maharashtra Chess Association, All India Chess Federation and Arbiters’ Commission AICF organised a Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination at at Iris Premiere, Opp. Aandrishiji Hospital, Station Road, Ahmednagar (Ahilya Nagar), Maharashtra on 12^th & 13^th July, 2025.

Forty-one aspiring participants from Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana participated in the seminar. Mr. Vasanth BH IA, was the lecturer.

Mr. Niranjan Godbole Gen. Secretary, Maharashtra Chess Association, inaugurated the Senior National Arbiter Seminar and Examination along with Mr Narendra Firodia, President, Ahmednagar District Chess Circle , Mr Yashwant Bapat, Co-ordinator of seminar and Subodh Thombare, Treasure, Ahmednagar District Chess Circle.

Mr. Vasanth BH handled the topics on Laws of Chess, Tiebreak regulations, Rating regulations, Swiss pairing, Arbiter regulations, Anti-Cheating regulations, Standards of Chess equipment, Competition rules, Basic ideas of title regulations during the two days seminar.

All Forty-seven participants attended the examination after seminar and following participants are qualified for SNA Title & FIDE NA License.

No	FIDE ID	Name	Gender	State	AICF ID	Grade
1	5046084	Ajmal P A		Kerala	320933KL2025	A
2	25127209	Singh Digyavijay		Maharashtra	64387MH2021	A
3	46640754	Deo Varad		Maharashtra	264924MH2024	A
4	25711113	Harale Ambar		Madhya Pradesh	39937MP2021	A
5	429055270	Kandari Saathvika	F	Telangana	320904TG2025	A
6	366102349	Babhulgaonkar Chandrakant		Maharashtra	191616MH2023	A
7	537098055	Abhay Suresh Annapurne		Maharashtra	290738MH2025	A
8	25071467	Rathi Dhanashree	F	Maharashtra	7585MH2021	A
9	25957732	Gitte Shrinivas		Maharashtra	56277MH2021	A
10	531016502	Dipak Santosh Sonawane		Maharashtra	236815MH2024	A
11	48709875	Kantute Tanvi	F	Maharashtra	313390MH2025	A
12	547092661	Shaharukh Mehmud Kurane		Maharashtra	263963MH2024	A
13	25156187	Mohammed Nizar		Kerala	197998KL2023	A
14	5039126	Vijay M Dhale		Maharashtra	56790MH2021	A
15	547092009	Prashant Pradip Dhangekar		Maharashtra	321397MH2025	A
16	547091975	Gujjarlapudi Chennakeswavulu		Andhra Pradesh	317094AP2025	B
17	25197517	Rajesh Kumar Chaudhari		Gujarat	72401GJ2021	B
18	547091967	Sajit Kumar		Kerala	320977KL2025	B
19	547092017	Addala Maniratnam		Andhra Pradesh	321016AP2025	B
20	25921991	Panchal Madhav		Maharashtra	51709MH2021	B
21	25968076	Chordiya Vijay Mangilal		Maharashtra	57387MH2021	B
22	48798100	Pravin Joshi		Maharashtra	178122MH2023	B
23	547042311	Sreekumar P		Kerala	307429KL2025	B
24	366097285	Ranher Vishal		Maharashtra	289438MH2025	B
25	46641653	Yadav Gaurav		Madhya Pradesh	103349MP2021	B
26	537097989	Anuraj Mohan Raskatla		Maharashtra	293074MH2025	B
27	547092653	Potnuru Ravindra		Andhra Pradesh	321017AP2025	B
28	25991213	Vaibhav Patwardhan		Maharashtra	60106MH2021	B
29	547091983	Shubhangi Amol Kulkarni	F	Maharashtra	321437MH2025	B
30	25094220	Dhokale Devendra		Maharashtra	34916MH2021	B
31	547091991	Manish Sukhdev Jaswani		Maharashtra	320915MH2025	B
32	33315183	Nilesh Bahalkar		Maharashtra	75719MH2021	B
33	547092637	Amar Channa		Gujarat	288580GJ2025	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. 3370/- at https://prs.aicf.in/pay within 6 months 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