Swapnil Dhopade emerges as the Straight champion
By S.PAUL AROKIA RAJ,Chief Arbiter
After war of nerves for 11 days in the orange city of Nagpur the 53rd National Challengers Championship came to an end today with the GM elect and IM Swapnil Dhopade of Railways emerging as straight champion with 10 points.The find of the championship was FIDE Master K.Praneeth Surya of Telengana who stood second with 9.5 points in a eleven way tie.The third place was secured by GM Karthikeyan Muarali of Tamil Nadu. Top 9 players have qualified from this championship for the national premier championship slated for November this year at Tiruvarur, TamilNadu.
Final Standings :
| Standings | Title | Name of the player | Unit |
| 1 | IM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | RLYS |
| 2 | FM | K. Praneeth Surya | TEL |
| 3 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | TN |
| 4 | GM | Neelotpal Das | PSPB |
| 5 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | PSPB |
| 6 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | AAI |
| 7 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | RLYS |
| 8 | IM | Karthikeyan P. | RLYS |
| 9 | GM | Kunte Abhijit | PSPB |
| 10 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | TN |
| 11 | IM | Das Arghyadip | RLYS |
| 12 | GM | Sengupta Deep | PSPB |
| 13 | IM | Thejkumar M. S. | RLYS |
| 14 | Harsha Bharathakoti | TEL | |
| 15 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | PSPB |
| 16 | Gusain Himal | CHAN | |
| 17 | Shailesh Dravid | MAH | |
| 18 | GM | Laxman R.R. | RLYS |
| 19 | Sahoo Utkal Ranjan | ODI | |
| 20 | GM | Lalith Babu M.R. | PSPB |
| 21 | IM | Satyapragyan Swayangsu | AI |
| 22 | IM | Rajesh V A V | TN |
| 23 | IM | Nitin S. | RLYS |
| 24 | IM | Das Sayantan | WB |
| IM | Stany G.A. | KAR | |
| 26 | Karthik V. Ap | AP | |
| 27 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | LIC |
| 28 | GM | Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi | RLYS |
| 29 | IM | Kulkarni Vikramaditya | RLYS |
| 30 | CM | Aronyak Ghosh | WB |
Certificate of SNA seminar and exam in Rajahmundry on 30 November & 01 December 2024. 
Final Report of Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination in Panjim Goa on 7th and 8th December 2024 
Grandmaster Chess Camp in Aizawl, Mizoram from 09-13 December 2024 
Live Games Link for 37th National Under 13 Open and Girls Chess Championship 2024 
Live Game links: ODISHA OPEN (Category ‘A’) 
Certificate of SNA seminar held in DImapur of 28 & 29 November 2024