WCC member Robert Kratzat won the non-rated 2014 Holiday Invitational Tournament in December with a score of +2-0=2. Mr. Kratzat was awarded a 1st round half point bye as is custom for club players involved in the club championship semi-finals. He succeeded in scoring two wins and a 3rd round draw against invitee Andrew Colwell, who scored +2-0=1 to claim 3rd place. The Holiday Invitational Tournament traditionally invites local area non-member chess players to the club. The cross table follows:
| 2014 WCC Invitational Tournament | |||||||||
| 2-Dec | 9-Dec | 16-Dec | 23-Dec | ||||||
| Rating | round 1 | round 2 | round 3 | round 4 | Total | ||||
| Plyr # | Players Full Name | member/seed | Score | ||||||
| 1 | Kratzat | Bob | WCC-2 | 1713 | H bye | W6 | D3 | W5 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Klug | Don | WCC-1 | 1772 | H bye | Hbye | W6 | FW3 | 3.0 |
| 3 | Colwell | Andrew | Non-Mbr-3 | 1694 | W8 | W5 | D1 | F2 | 2.5 |
| 4 | McIntyre | Frank | Non-Mbr-8 | UNR | L6 | W8 | L5 | W8 | 2.0 |
| 5 | White | Linval | WCC-6 | 1225 | Bye | L3 | W4 | L1 | 2.0 |
| 6 | Kunz | John | WCC-4 | 1439 | W4 | L1 | L2 | D9 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Brock | Tom | WCC-5 | 1317 | U – | U – | W8 | L4 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Flynn | Mike | Non-Mbr-7 | 1090 | L3 | L4 | L7 | D6 | 0.5
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