The 16th Annual Turkey Bowl was organized by Boca Chess from 10-12th November at the Sawgrass Grand Hotel in Sunrise, Ft.Lauderdale, USA.

The tournament format was 5-round Swiss in five sections: Open, U2100, U1700, U1450 and U1100.

203 players participated in all sections and the total prize fund was 9000 USD. GMs Yuniesky Quesada Perez and Julio Becerra and IM Yunier Leyva Rivera shared the first place in the Open section.

Open final standings:
1-3. GM Yuniesky Quesada Perez 2702, GM Julio J Becerra 2612 and IM Yunier Leyva Rivera 2493 – 4,0
4-9. Mel Goss 2261, Eric Cooke 2247, FM Arnaldo Ferragut 2259, Theodore Slade 2140, Antonio Arencibia 2276 and Jose Hernandez Padron 2217 – 3,5 etc

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