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.

NO	FIDE ID	Name	Gender	State	AICF ID	Grade
1	45073678	Suryansh Verma		Himachal Pradesh	24947HP2021	A
2	25026615	Suhaib Ahmad		Uttar Pradesh	18047UP2021	A
3	33473145	Aniket Mohan		Uttar Pradesh	119266UP2022	A
4	5088216	Kuldeep Singh Sandhu		Delhi	255607DL2024	A
5	25997289	Keshavi	F	Himachal Pradesh	60837HP2021	A
6	531088945	Ashwani Kumar		Himachal Pradesh	258275HP2024	A
7	48777188	Yogesh Joshi		Himachal Pradesh	120288HP2022	A
8	25691899	Umesh S Naik		Goa	37797GA2021	A
9	5012783	Joshi, Savitri	F	Delhi	255608DL2024	B
10	366100308	Sharma, Ayush		Himachal Pradesh	250216HP2024	B
11	429098475	Palak Bhawta		Himachal Pradesh	255741HP2024	B
12	531086551	Anil Kumar		Himachal Pradesh	255763HP2024	B
13	531088902	Sandeep Behal		Himachal Pradesh	256212HP2024	B
14	531086691	Arpit Beakta		Himachal pradesh	251314HP2024	B
15	531088899	Devender Kumar		Himachal Pradesh	256198HP2024	B
16	88175642	Swikriti Grover	F	Delhi	199823DL2023	B
17	88120678	Prakriti Grover	F	Delhi	123364DL2022	B
18	531088929	Krishan Kumar		Himachal Pradesh	258510HP2024	B
19	25021346	Singh Ajeet		Uttar Pradesh	6204UP2021	B
22	531086608	Sandeep Thakur		Himachal Pradesh	256138HP2024	B
25	5024420	Sanjeevan, Sarswat		Himachal Pradesh	255631HP2024	B
20	48777480	Gaurav Sharma H R		Himachal Pradesh	120723HP2022	B
21	531093450	Gulshan Kumar Dhiman		Himachal Pradesh	258097HP2024	B
23	531094740	Rajesh Kumar Kullu		Himachal Pradesh	257372HP2024	B
24	531094732	Ashok Kumar		Himachal Pradesh	255683HP2024	B
26	531086624	Manoj Kumar		Himachal Pradesh	255900HP2024	B
27	531086659	Sandeep Kumar		Himachal Pradesh	256068HP2024	B
28	531086683	Sanket Sharma		Himachal Pradesh	257110HP2024	B
29	48747297	Shri Om Seth		Uttar Pradesh	253658UP2024	B
30	531086632	Ashok Kumar		Himachal Pradesh	256059HP2024	B
31	531086543	Indresh Kumar		Himachal Pradesh	255915HP2024	B
32	531086560	Rohit Kumar Joshi		Himachal Pradesh	256267HP2024	B
33	46651403	Anil Sharma		Himachal Pradesh	9659HP2021	B
34	25088386	Chanden Sehgal		Himachal Pradesh	16763HP2021	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 and intimate the details (Name, FIDE ID and Screenshot of payment) by email to aicf.acct@gmail.com & 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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