Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination ,11th & 12th December 2022, Salem, Tamil Nadu

11^th & 12^th December, Salem, Tamil Nadu

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Salem District Chess Association, on behalf of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and All India Chess Federation organised a Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination at Narasu’ Sarathy Institute of Technology on 11^th and 12^th December. Forty aspiring arbiters from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka participated in the event. Prof. R. Anantharam IA and FIDE lecturer and Mr. MS Gopakumar IA and FIDE lecturer were the lecturers.

Mr. Anantharam handled the topics on Laws of Chess, tiebreaks, tournament rules, Arbiter regulations and Swiss pairings on the first day and Mr. Gopakumar delivered lectures on rating regulations, title regulations and anti-cheating on the second day. Examination was held on the evening of the second day. The college management was generous in providing free food and accommodation to all the participants. Mr. Arun, Secretary of Salem District Chess Association, Mr. Palaniappan IA the coordinator and Mr. Sivasubramanian made elaborate arrangements for the successful organisation.

The following is the list of candidates and their grade obtained in the examination.

No.	Name		Grade	Place	Fide Id
1	Prajesh S		A	TN	35004450
2	Jeyam Subbaiah C		A	TN	45023786
3	Harivardhini I	F	A	TN	25010867
4	Praveendar Singh C		A	TN	25083503
5	Sankaranarayanan		A	TN	0
6	Sathish H		A	TN	46630414
7	Sivaa GM		A	TN	35077708
8	Chandar Raju		A	KER	25008307
9	Shanmuga Sundaram T		A	TN	35098993
10	Sathiraj S		A	TN	25642367
11	Shivashankaran R		A	TN	46617094
12	Sugavaneswaran S		A	TN	33371164
13	Lingeswaran B		A	TN	0
14	Abhishek V		A	TN	5090075
15	Inba Rajalingam R		A	TN	33497460
16	Vishnu SL		A	KER	0
17	Karthikeyan P		A	TN	4661 7892
18	Prem Kumar C		A	TN	25084585
19	Gopinathen A		A	TN	0
20	Ganesh Kumar O		A	TN	25003577
21	Harsendra P		A	TN	33321221
22	Nagaraj M		A	TN	45073910
23	Ramar P		A	TN	0
24	Sundararajaperumal P		A	TN	25910337
25	Sagar Laxman Chougule		A	KAR	25947494
26	Thilaka Shanmugam		A	TN	0
27	Vivek E		A	TN	33488975
28	Harikrishnan J		B	TN	0
29	Jegathees M		B	TN	45090866
30	Unni Krishnan MA		B	KER	25029780
31	Bhavani AS	F	B	TN	0
32	Vijayakumar A		B	TN	0
33	Roshan M		B	TN	25709704
34	Viju C	F	B	TN	0
35	Mohan N		B	TN	25767437
36	Dhanvarsh N		B	TN	25767348
37	Amarnath SJ		B	TN	25003445
38	Karunakaran I		B	TN	5034914
39	Kokilavani T	F	C	TN	25655108
40	Eswar Raj G		D	TN	25614177

All the passed participants (A & B grade) are required to be registered with AICF as Arbiter as well as get their FIDE License prior to officiating in any FIDE rated event. All the participants achieved A & B Grade are eligible for SNA title and National Arbiter License from FIDE. 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. Those achieved C & D grade will be awarded NA title and eligible to officiate all events except Fide rated ones. Participants who doesn’t have FIDE ID are requested to complete their AICF registration first (https://prs.aicf.in/new-register) and obtain FIDE ID before processing the SNA License.