Madhya Pradesh Chess Ad Hoc Committee on behalf of All India Chess Federation and Arbiters’ Commission AICF organised a Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination at Hotel Mangalam Manor, Durga Chowk, Near Tilak College, Katni, Madhya Pradesh on 30th and 31st December 2023.
Forty six aspiring arbiters from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal 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 six participants attended the examination after seminar and following participants are qualified for SNA Title & FIDE NA License.
| Senior National Arbiter Seminar and Examination, Katni | ||||||
| Organised By : Madhya Pradesh Chess Ad-Hoc Committee | ||||||
| On Behalf of : All India Chess Federation & Arbiters’ Commission AICF | ||||||
| NO | FIDE ID | Name | State | AICF ID | Grade | |
| 1 | 25049062 | Sethu Madhav Upadhyayula | Karnataka | 46123KA2021 | A | |
| 2 | 48784745 | Aman Kumar Gupta | Uttar Pradesh | 220791UP2023 | A | |
| 3 | 25718584 | Utkarsh Agrawal | Madhya Pradesh | 40624MP2021 | A | |
| 4 | 429058333 | Dhas Kuldeep | Maharashtra | 221761MH2023 | A | |
| 5 | 25063170 | Vikash Nishad | Uttar Pradesh | 13856UP2021 | A | |
| 6 | 33337322 | Ajit Sahani | West Bengal | 78257WB2021 | A | |
| 7 | 5044588 | Nishad, Monika | F | Madhya Pradesh | 22192MP2021 | A |
| 8 | 429059860 | Abhijith Chenthara | Kerala | 220109KL2023 | A | |
| 9 | 35080016 | Deshmukh Reema | F | Maharashtra | 220088MH2023 | A |
| 10 | 46679545 | Markanday Amol | Maharashtra | 51105MH2021 | A | |
| 11 | 46686177 | Jadhav Rahul | Maharashtra | 13934MH2021 | A | |
| 12 | 25660969 | Gaurav Garg | Uttar Pradesh | 34399UP2021 | A | |
| 13 | 25060910 | Pratiksha Pandey | F | Madhya Pradesh | 223728MP2023 | B |
| 14 | 33390304 | Purti Vishal Tendulkar | F | Maharashtra | 84736MH2021 | B |
| 15 | 25913891 | Krutika Ravindra Pustake | F | Maharashtra | 187618MH2023 | B |
| 16 | 46679790 | Shiraskar Mandar | Maharashtra | 222098MH2023 | B | |
| 17 | 48773743 | Prem Kumar | Haryana | 134569HR2022 | B | |
| 18 | 88133397 | Vandana Gelani | F | Madhya Pradesh | 190816MP2023 | B |
| 19 | 5033179 | Das, Ashley | Madhya Pradesh | 224150MP2023 | B | |
| 20 | 5031001 | Maktedar, Shashikant | Maharashtra | 53537MH2021 | B | |
| 21 | 5088607 | Gade Bhupesh | Maharashtra | 143566MH2022 | B | |
| 22 | 25021532 | Ayushi Jaiswal | F | Uttar Pradesh | 21805UP2021 | B |
| 23 | 25734881 | Sugato Chakraborty | West Bengal | 42430WB2021 | B | |
| 24 | 25648497 | Amit Garg | Delhi | 222324DL2023 | B | |
| 25 | 25026313 | Rajesh Prajapati | Madhya Pradesh | 12675MP2021 | B | |
| 26 | 88186202 | Abhishek Gupta | Maharashtra | 205060MH2023 | B | |
| 27 | 429058325 | Swarn Lata | F | Himachal Pradesh | 222296HP2023 | B |
| 28 | 46607463 | Sarthak Singh Parihar | Madhya Pradesh | 575MP2021 | B | |
| 29 | 429059879 | Himani Bajaj | F | Madhya Pradesh | 223885MP2023 | B |
| 30 | 5008417 | Yadav, O.P. | Madhya Pradesh | 184603MP2023 | 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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