FINAL Report of Senior National Arbiter seminar held at Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu on 21 & 22 September 2024

Tamil Nadu State Chess Association on behalf of All India Chess Federation and Arbiters’ Commission AICF organised a Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination at Sri. Raaja Raajan College of Engineering and Technology, Amaravathipudur. Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu on 21^st and 22^nd September 2024.

Fifty eight aspiring arbiters from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, 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 Fifty-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	531093469	Nagarajan Somasundaram		Tamil Nadu	258239TN2024	A
2	531093531	Balaji V		Tamil Nadu	257711TN2024	A
3	35040456	Mohana R	F	Tamil Nadu	258259TN2024	A
4	25054295	Gowtham T S		Tamil Nadu	258261TN2024	A
5	531094139	Gayathri K	F	Tamil Nadu	257501TN2024	A
6	5099285	Subash Sanker D M		Tamil Nadu	2862TN2021	A
7	531094155	Priya R	F	Tamil Nadu	258300TN2024	A
8	25684264	Vishnu Priya PS	F	Tamil Nadu	36977TN2021	A
9	531095500	Govindarajan B		Tamil Nadu	258359TN2024	A
10	25106090	Kavinkumar G		Tamil Nadu	175864TN2022	A
11	531097537	Sudha K	F	Tamil Nadu	258360TN2024	A
12	35005375	Praveen Kumar Pugazhendhi		Tamil Nadu	212847TN2023	A
13	35041290	Jegan Sakthi N		Tamil Nadu	24825TN2021	A
14	531093493	Prakashmanimaran J		Tamil Nadu	257336TN2024	A
15	531093485	Yasminfaritha S	F	Tamil Nadu	257622TN2024	A
16	88198391	Suryaprakash P		Tamil Nadu	200505TN2023	A
17	531093540	Thanalakshmi R	F	Tamil Nadu	257494TN2024	A
18	25684175	Ragulrajan V		Tamil Nadu	36963TN2021	A
19	46681604	SV Suriya		Tamil Nadu	13161TN2021	A
20	531096115	Vanitha Kannan	F	Tamil Nadu	258357TN2024	A
21	45071187	Balaji Sekar		Tamil Nadu	24587TN2021	A
22	46668993	Manoj Guru R		Tamil Nadu	13752TN2021	A
23	531097545	Anitharaj P	F	Tamil Nadu	258380TN2024	A
24	531097561	Lakshmanan M		Tamil Nadu	262292TN2024	A
25	45089116	Vidwath N Karanth		Karnataka	66427KAR2015	A
26	531088686	Mohan S		Tamil Nadu	257718TN2024	A
27	531094082	Ramu M		Tamil Nadu	257346TN2024	A
28	531094090	Vani Subramanian	F	Tamil Nadu	258302TN2024	A
29	531096107	Sumitha Kumar	F	Tamil Nadu	258345TN2024	A
30	531094120	Selvi Arunagiri	F	Tamil Nadu	190817TN2023	B
31	33322171	Jones Meshak A		Tamil Nadu	76462TN2021	B
32	531093523	Ananth K		Tamil Nadu	258236TN2024	B
33	88162443	Nachammai Subbu S	F	Tamil Nadu	190811TN2023	B
34	531094104	Thenammai S	F	Tamil Nadu	150848TN2022	B
35	531093507	Bowlin Sahaya Mary A S	F	Tamil Nadu	257507TN2024	B
36	531094171	Bhuvana Premkumar	F	Tamil Nadu	258329TN2024	B
37	88149188	Rajendra Udayar U		Tamil Nadu	192043TN2023	B
38	46642587	Ussain R		Tamil Nadu	8656TN2021	B
39	45074399	Devin S V		Tamil Nadu	257165TN2024	B
40	88104656	Anantha Raj M		Tamil Nadu	179674TN2023	B
41	5098130	Surya Kumar S A		Tamil Nadu	241090TN2024	B
42	25655108	Kokilavani T	F	Tamil Nadu	73635TN2016	B
43	531097553	Vanaja S	F	Tamil Nadu	258381TN2024	B
44	531094147	Jebastine Raja Kumar J		Tamil Nadu	257348TN2024	B
45	531094112	Mariyappan V		Tamil Nadu	257382TN2024	B
46	531093515	Duraipandi P		Tamil Nadu	257299TN2024	B
47	45050309	Kanishri R P	F	Tamil Nadu	99725TN2021	B
48	25788426	Thiyagarajan. T		Tamil Nadu	47802TN2021	B
49	25983482	Gajapathi C		Tamil Nadu	59462TN2021	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 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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