Final Report of SNA Seminar & Exam at The Heritage School, Tarapith, West Bengal on 02 & 03 October 2026

Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha, West Bengal on behalf of All India Chess Federation and Arbiters’ Commission AICF organised a Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination at The Heritage School, Tarapith, West Bengal from 2^nd to 3^rd Oct 2026

Seventy-seven aspiring participants from Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal participated in the seminar. Mr. Vasanth BH IA and Mr Paul Arokia Raj S, IA were the lecturers.

Mr Swarnedu Chattopadhyay, Director, The Heritage School, Tarapith inaugurated the Senior National Arbiter Seminar and Examination along with IA Asit Baran Chouhdury Vice President, Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha  IA Debasish Barua and Mr Rajib Kumar Maity, Principal, The Heritage School

The seminar held in two halls, IA Vasanth BH  and IA Paul Arokia Raj S, handled the topics on Laws of Chess, Tiebreaks, Tournament Regulations, Arbiter Regulations, Swiss Pairings, Rating Regulations, Title regulations and Fair Play Regulations during the two days seminar.  

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

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 (within 6 months)please pay an amount of Rs. 3695/- 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.**

Final list