Chennai: Mugil Jayavel (Don Bosco, Chennai) emerged champion in the United India Insurance - CDCA FIDE-rated chess tournament with 10 points from 11 rounds at the Nehru Stadium on Monday.

P. Ramakrishna (AP) and Osama Salim (Velammal, Mogappair) claimed second and third places respectively.

Mugil won on the top board against Naveen Hegde with black pieces which helped him finish half-a-point ahead of the rest of the field.

Important results (Round 11): Naveen Hegde (8) lost to Mugil Jayavel (10), Kantilal Dave (8.5) drew with Ramakrishna Perumalla (9.5), Osama Salim (9.5) bt K Sai Prahalad (8), Dangmei Bosco (9) bt Anand Sivasankar (8), L. Barath (9) bt Srija Seshadri (8), M.L. Abhilash Reddy (8.5) bt S. Boopeash (7.5), N. Raghavi (7.5) lost to M. Chakravarthi Reddy (8.5), G. Jaswant (8) drew with L.N. Ram Aravind (8), Vishnu Surendran (8) drew with Sa Kannan (8), Ishan Bansal (7.5) lost to Singh Soram Rahul (8.5)