Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination, Indore from 18 to 19 March 2023 : Final Report

MP Chess Ad-Hoc Committee on behalf of All India Chess Federation and Arbiter Commission of AICF organised Senior National Arbiter Seminar and Examination at Oriental University, Indore on 18^th and 19^th March 2023.

A total number of 40 participants from Karnataka, Odisha, Jharkhand, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana and host Madhya Pradesh participated in the seminar. Mr. Gopakumar Sudhakran IA and FIDE Lecturer was the lecturer.

Mr. Gopakumar 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.

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.**