Final report of Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination held in Shimla on 14 & 15 September 2024

Himachal Pradesh State Chess Association on behalf of All India Chess Federation and Arbiters’ Commission AICF organised a Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination at Harmony house Bago Sandhu , Shimla,  Himachal Pradesh on 14^th and 15^st September  2024.

Forty nine aspiring arbiters from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh,    Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh participated in the seminar. Mr. Swapnil Bansod IA, FIDE Lecturer was the lecturer.

Mr. Swapnil Bansod handled the topics on Laws of Chess, Tiebreaks, Tournament Rules, Arbiter Regulations, Swiss Pairings, Rating Regulations, Title regulations and Fair Play Regulations during the two days seminar.  

All the forty eight participants attended the examination after seminar and following participants are qualified for SNA Title & FIDE NA License.  Participants who passed the examination with an “A” or “B” grade are eligible to apply for a FIDE license to serve as arbiters in FIDE-rated tournaments. Please note that the results are valid only if the candidate applies for the license within six months of the publication of the results.

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 and intimate the details (Name, FIDE ID and Screenshot of payment) by email to  [email protected] & [email protected].

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

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