A Senior National Arbiter seminar and examination was organized by Erode District Chess Circle on behalf of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and All India Chess Federation at Kongu Arts & Science College, Eroded on 1st and 2nd April 2023. Prof.R. Anantharam IA was the resource person for the seminar. Thirty nine participants from Tamil Nadu and one from Kerala took part in the seminar and all attended the examination held at the end of the seminar. Following is the list of arbiters who have attained A & B grades.
| No. | Name | Gen. | Grade | Place | AICF Id |
| 1 | Nithyasree.K | F | A | TN | 160243TN2022 |
| 2 | Priyadarshini M | F | A | TN | 124113TN2022 |
| 3 | Muthumari M | F | A | TN | 187593TN2023 |
| 4 | Chitra A | F | A | TN | 187588TN2023 |
| 5 | Venkatasubramanian C | A | TN | 187568TN2023 | |
| 6 | Gowtham KK | A | TN | 3531TN2021 | |
| 7 | Ramesh S Dr. | A | TN | 187571TN2023 | |
| 8 | Navanetha Kumar K | A | TN | 187579TN2023 | |
| 9 | Sathish N | A | TN | 71846TN2021 | |
| 10 | Rohitvassan S | A | TN | 4540TN2021 | |
| 11 | Sankar A Dr. | A | TN | 187573TN2023 | |
| 12 | Santhosh S | A | TN | 33171TN2021 | |
| 13 | Yuvan Prasad S | A | TN | 44123TN2021 | |
| 14 | Stephin Joy | A | KER | 30158KL2021 | |
| 15 | Sabitha P | F | A | TN | 163942TN2022 |
| 16 | Dhachanamoorthy A | A | TN | 187659TN2023 | |
| 17 | Ruby J | F | A | TN | 187590TN2023 |
| 18 | Sona M | F | A | TN | 172401TN2022 |
| 19 | Vignesh G | B | TN | 32355TN2021 | |
| 20 | Ajanramana JH | B | TN | 26336TN2021 | |
| 21 | Jayashree S | F | B | TN | 187483TN2023 |
| 22 | Kalijothi S | F | B | TN | 180224TN2023 |
| 23 | Praveen Kumar S | B | TN | 116675TN2022 | |
| 24 | Subramanian S | B | TN | 52730TN2021 | |
| 25 | Anand N | B | TN | 187411TN2023 | |
| 26 | Saravana Devi B | F | B | TN | 188135TN2023 |
| 27 | Jaipriya K | F | B | TN | 56666TN2021 |
| 28 | Shenbagarajan Murugan | B | TN | 187561TN2023 | |
| 29 | Vinitha S | F | B | TN | 165422TN2022 |
| 30 | Sivakumar VS | B | TN | 4266TN2021 | |
| 31 | Prabu G | B | TN | 132574TN2022 | |
| 32 | Sumathi Velmurugan | F | B | TN | 182083TN2023 |



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.

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