Final report of SNA seminar and exam held in Bhubaneshwar on 16 & 17 December 2024

On behalf of All India Chess Federation and Arbiters’ commission AICF, The All Orrisa Chess Association is organizing a Senior National Arbiters Seminar & Exam at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha on 16 & 17 December 2024 at Conference hall SOA University campus 2, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

The Seminar is inaugurated by the Chief Guest Prof. Dr. Jyoti Ranjan Das Dean of students welfare, SOA deemed to be University, Mr. Debabratta Bhatta Secretary, AOCA, IA Paul Arokya Raj S, IA Santosh Kumar Mahapatra coordinator, Mr. Shankar Prasad Mishra Treasurer AOCA, IA Tapas Kumar Mohanty coordinator and and the AICF appointed International Arbiter Nitin Shenvi as Lecturer from Pune. Representation of participants was very good and at end 26 participants attended the course and appeared examination.

Also, Rtn. Yagyansis Mahapatra Rotary district governor visited along with Mr. Debabratta Bhatta Secretary AOCA, Mr. Shankar Prasad Mishra Treasurer AOCA, Mr. Krushnakanta Sharma Former Secretary AOCA and others to bless participants.

IA Nitin Shenvi explained the topics on Laws of Chess, Tiebreaks, Tournament Regulations, Arbiter Regulations, Swiss Pairings, Rating Regulations, Title regulations, chess equipments and Fair Play Regulations during the two days seminar, more emphasis given on laws of chess.

All present twenty-six participants attended the examination after seminar and following participants (Garde :A & B are qualified for SNA Title & FIDE NA License.

No.	Fide Id	Candidate Name		State	AICF ID	Grade
1	46626212	Shubhangi Verma	F	Jharkhand	107231JH2021	A
2	537048368	Sujit Patra	M	West Bengal	273001WB2024	A
3	45049980	Satyajit Pattanaik	M	Odisha	22100OR2021	A
4	25093215	Nambala Ravi Kumar	M	Odisha	4805OR2021	A
5	33385793	Chandra Sekhar Panda	M	Odisha	83839OR2021	A
6	537048384	Satyajit Barick	M	Odisha	271998OR2024	A
7	537048376	Pradip Kumar Mohanty	M	Odisha	280127OR2024	B
8	33311862	Anirban Mukherjee	M	West Bengal	275553WB2024	B
9	25696718	Sakti Prasanna Rath	M	Odisha	38318OR2021	B
10	25185420	Suraj Kumar Moharana	M	Odisha	70616OR2021	B
11	25947168	Pradeep Kumar Mandal	M	Chhattisgarh	244679CT2024	B
12	25050940	Dillip Kumar Rana	M	Odisha	144852OR2022	B
13	537052454	Dinesh Kumar Behera	M	Odisha	272370OR2024	B
14	88186881	Premjit Debnath	M	West Bengal	124725WB2022	B
15	537051555	Saagarika Muni	M	Odisha	280135OR2024	B
16	25660756	Dinabandhu Naik	M	Odisha	87077OR2021	B
17	531063632	Aparna Bhagwat Shinde	F	Maharashtra	252082MH2024	B
18	537052462	Maunabati Tanty	F	Odisha	280088OR2024	B

All the participants awarded with SNA title (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 (C & D) eligible to officiate all events except FIDE rated ones

Final List