Chess In Lakecity on behalf of All India Chess Federation, Arbiter Commission AICF & Rajasthan Chess Association organised a Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination at St. Anthony School, Sector 4, Udaipur, on 13th and 14th June 2023.
Forty aspiring arbiters from Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan 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 participants attended the examination after seminar and following participants are qualified for SNA Title & FIDE NA License.
| SNO | FIDE ID | Name | State | AICF ID | Grade | |
| 1 | 88105172 | Rana Pratap Singh | Uttar Pradesh | 171453UP2022 | A | |
| 2 | 35062468 | Tanishq Kavlekar | Goa | 8158GA2021 | A | |
| 3 | 5095964 | Amrut Naik | Goa | 173353GA2022 | A | |
| 4 | 25146696 | Naik Sachindra | Goa | 66629GA2021 | A | |
| 5 | 5067375 | Shashank, Udupa K R | Karnataka | 84865KA2021 | A | |
| 6 | 25620770 | Aanchal Dhakar | F | Rajasthan | 195621RJ2023 | A |
| 7 | 5015499 | Subodh, Kumar Singh | Chhattisgarh | 122953CT2022 | A | |
| 8 | 25134701 | Deepak Kashyap | Uttar Pradesh | 65176UP2021 | A | |
| 9 | 25047078 | Jadav Khushbu | Gujarat | 194547GJ2023 | B | |
| 10 | 88154432 | Patel Bhupendra | Gujarat | 195057GJ2023 | B | |
| 11 | 88154440 | Varun Subhash Joshi | Gujarat | 183979GJ2023 | B | |
| 12 | 45038546 | Patel Bhaveshbhai B | Gujarat | 107054GJ2021 | B | |
| 13 | 5093007 | Mayurdhwajsinh A Jadav | Gujarat | 3684GJ2021 | B | |
| 14 | 25674293 | Vikash Kumar Mehta | Jharkhand | 179798JH2023 | B | |
| 15 | 88154459 | Ashutosh | Rajasthan | 184089RJ2023 | B | |
| 16 | 5097380 | Bhupendra Sen | Rajasthan | 168124RJ2022 | B | |
| 17 | 48714704 | Krishana Chandra Swarnkar | Rajasthan | 135413RJ2022 | B | |
| 18 | 45017999 | Gadhia Naimesh S | Gujarat | 38819GJ2021 | B | |
| 19 | 25778030 | Pandya Jaymin N | Gujarat | 60175GJ2021 | B | |
| 20 | 5005990 | Vikas Sharma | Punjab | 18859PB2021 | B | |
| 21 | 88154491 | Manish Kumar Sharma | Rajasthan | 194241RJ2023 | B | |
| 22 | 33467307 | Pradeep Kumar Chaurasia | Rajasthan | 117565RJ2022 | B | |
| 23 | 35069861 | Sethi D C | Rajasthan | 194267RJ2023 | B | |
| 24 | 35051083 | Tayal Sanjay | Rajasthan | 194721RJ2023 | B | |
| 25 | 88154483 | Jitesh Sharma | Rajasthan | 184801RJ2023 | B | |
| 26 | 35050036 | Kamal Kishor Saini | Rajasthan | 195394RJ2023 | B | |
| 27 | 25622390 | Shubham Bhandari | Rajasthan | 30360RJ2021 | B | |
| 28 | 25680439 | Nikita Choudhary | Delhi | 36581DL2021 | B | |
| 29 | 88154424 | Preety Mendes | F | Goa | 191758GA2023 | B |
| 30 | 88154467 | Deepanjali Gupta | F | Rajasthan | 195169RJ2023 | B |
| 31 | 88154475 | Jayesh Bhatnagar | Rajasthan | 195164RJ2023 | B | |
| 32 | 33490678 | Tarini Chaurasia | F | Rajasthan | 117568RJ2022 | B |
| 33 | 25022393 | Vikram Vishwajeet | Uttar Pradesh | 18172UP2021 | B | |
| 34 | 45023212 | Patel Kushal | Rajasthan | 19193RJ2021 | B | |
| 35 | 88154505 | Mukta Sahu | F | Rajasthan | 183439RJ2023 | B |
| 36 | 45097798 | Tanmay Nalwaya | Rajasthan | 27801RJ2021 | 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. 3210/- 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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