Final Report of SNA Seminar & Exam held in Andheri on 01 & 02 Nov 2025

On behalf of the All India Chess Federation, the Arbiters’ Commission of AICF, and the Maharashtra Chess Association, the Mumbai Suburban District Chess Association organized a Senior National Arbiter Seminar and examination at the Children’s Welfare School, Versova, Andheri West, Mumbai-400061, on the 1st and 2nd of November 2025.

The Seminar is inaugurated by the hands of Shri Vitthal Madhav Secretary MSDCA, while coordination was done by IA Vishwanath Madhav and the AICF appointed International Arbiter Nitin Shenvi as Lecturer from Pune. Representation of participants was very good and after heavy rain and calamities at end 50 participants attended the course and appeared examination.

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

All present fifty participants attended the examination after seminar and following participants are qualified for SNA Title & FIDE NA License.

All the participants awarded the SNA title (Grade A & B) are required to be registered with AICF as an Arbiter and 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 a FIDE Arbiter Seminar. To get an NA License, please pay an amount of Rs. 3546/- at https://prs.aicf.in/pay(Avoid UPI & Scan) and intimate the details (Name, FIDE ID and Screenshot of payment) by email to aicf.acct@gmail.com & indianchessfed@gmail.com

No.	Fide Id	Candidate Name	Gender	State	AICF ID	Grade
38	5085616	Bhogal, Rupesh	M	Maharashtra	782MH2021	A
14	35058096	Gaurav Sharma	M	Delhi	26736DL2021	A
21	45083185	Krishna Prabhakar	M	Maharashtra	25607MH2021	A
36	33398151	Rahul Kadam	M	Maharashtra	103166MH2021	A
37	46658785	Pandya Raj	M	Maharashtra	115525MH2022	A
46	46675574	Vaarin Gada	M	Maharashtra	12466MH2021	A
50	45041610	Vishnu Sharma	M	Uttar Pradesh	275247UP2024	A
6	33482373	Anup Subhash Pande	M	Maharashtra	121325MH2022	A
12	33318212	Ramakrishnan G	M	Delhi	75862DL2021	A
41	25634488	Shubh Bhola	M	New Delhi	31671DL2021	A
44	558021027	Swaraj Sunil Waghmare	M	Maharashtra	330786MH2025	A
7	25127233	Yadav Anurag	M	Maharashtra	64393MH2021	A
3	35007157	Aditya Savalkar	M	Maharashtra	109779MH2021	B
31	46600280	Salunke, Pramod	M	Maharashtra	343721MH2025	B
10	558088504	Bharath R	M	Karnataka	270661KA2024	B
11	531075738	Bihani Deepak	M	Gujarat	255699GJ2024	B
13	33357021	Ganesh Mallikarjun Antad	M	Maharashtra	343760MH2025	B
18	48732303	Kalabandi Ravi Babu	M	Telangana	159464TG2022	B
39	46672109	Khambe Santosh	M	Maharashtra	17781MH2021	B
24	558087389	Madhu Sawant	F	Maharashtra	345755MH2025	B
40	558088547	Shamal Shekhar Walunj	F	Maharashtra	344072MH2025	B
42	558088474	Supriya Vishwanath Pawar	F	Maharashtra	343905MH2025	B
28	46629025	Vaghela Nikunj	M	Gujarat	249603GJ2024	B
47	33315493	Varun Balupar	M	Gujarat	75797GJ2021	B
29	88160262	Wankhede Nyahal	M	Maharashtra	301853MH2025	B
5	558088482	Anjali A V	F	Karnataka	344966KA2025	B
20	558014640	Karansing Sureshsing Pawar	M	Maharashtra	266440MH2024	B
43	558088512	Surya K	M	Karnataka	344960KA2025	B
4	558088563	Agrawal Manasi Sumit	F	Maharashtra	345828MH2025	B
19	46600450	Kamalnayan Deshmukh	M	Maharashtra	25505MH2021	B
26	5029813	Patil, Nagesh	M	Maharashtra	344009MH2025	B
32	45082006	Joshi Prasad	M	Maharashtra	343748MH2025	B
2	429043700	Mane Aaditya	M	Maharashtra	218963MH2023	B