Hilton scored a creditable 4th = with 5.5 out of a possible 9 in the recent South Island Champs held in Nelson, October 9th to 13th. His only losses were to the IMs that came first and second.
| 1 | Wang, Pu Chen | 2379 | IM | 9.0 | +B10 | +W7 | +B3 | +W4 | +B2 | +W5 | +B8 | +W6 | +B14 |
| 2 | Solomon, Stephen | 2404 | IM | 7.0 | +W8 | +B13 | +W6 | +B9 | -W1 | -B3 | +W12 | +B4 | +W5 |
| 3 | Wohl, Aleksandar | 2364 | IM | 7.0 | +W11 | +B9 | -W1 | +B20 | +W13 | +W2 | -B4 | +B7 | +W15 |
| 4 | Johnson, Quentin | 2144 | — | 5.5 | +W14 | +B24 | +W15 | -B1 | =W12 | =B13 | +W3 | -W2 | =B9 |
| 5 | Bennett, Hilton | 2100 | CM | 5.5 | =W17 | +B20 | =W12 | +B24 | +W6 | -B1 | =W7 | +B16 | -B2 |
| 6 | Chan, Peng Kong | 2263 | IM | 5.5 | +B23 | +W21 | -B2 | =W7 | -B5 | +W10 | +B13 | -B1 | +W16 |
| 7 | Van, Dijk Peter | 2076 | — | 5.0 | +W25 | -B1 | +W11 | =B6 | +W15 | =B12 | =B5 | -W3 | =B8 |
| 8 | Benson, Christopher | 1895 | — | 5.0 | -B2 | +W19 | +W28 | -B13 | +W9 | +B11 | -W1 | =B10 | =W7 |
| 9 | Rains, Timothy | 2003 | — | 5.0 | +B18 | -W3 | +B14 | -W2 | -B8 | +W26 | =B23 | +W25 | =W4 |
| 10 | Timergazi, Layla | 1889 | — | 5.0 | -W1 | +B25 | -W13 | +B26 | =W24 | -B6 | +W18 | =W8 | +B23 |
| 11 | Dolejs, Dan | 1871 | — | 5.0 | -B3 | +W18 | -B7 | +W27 | +B17 | -W8 | -B14 | +B22 | +W20 |
| 12 | Kempen, Leon | 1970 | CM | 5.0 | +W29 | =B15 | =B5 | +W21 | =B4 | =W7 | -B2 | =W14 | =B13 |
| 13 | Rains, Edward | 2092 | — | 4.5 | +B19 | -W2 | +B10 | +W8 | -B3 | =W4 | -W6 | =B24 | =W12 |
| 14 | Nicholls, Leighton | 1854 | — | 4.5 | -B4 | +W26 | -W9 | +B28 | +W20 | -B15 | +W11 | =B12 | -W1 |
| 15 | Donaldson, Bruce | 2109 | — | 4.5 | +B27 | =W12 | -B4 | +W17 | -B7 | +W14 | -B16 | +W23 | -B3 |
| 16 | Jackson, L. Ross | 1990 | — | 4.5 | — | =B17 | -W23 | +W18 | +B22 | +B24 | +W15 | -W5 | -B6 |
| 17 | Roura, Federico | 1751 | — | 4.5 | =B5 | =W16 | =B21 | -B15 | -W11 | =W22 | =B27 | +BYE | +W26 |
| 18 | Mulligan, Allan | 1655 | — | 4.5 | -W9 | -B11 | =W25 | -B16 | +BYE | +W19 | -B10 | +W27 | +B24 |
| 19 | Gloistein, Bruce | 1695 | — | 4.5 | -W13 | -B8 | +W29 | =B23 | -W26 | -B18 | +BYE | +W28 | +B25 |
| 20 | Hothersall, Rik | 1956 | — | 4.0 | +B28 | -W5 | +B22 | -W3 | -B14 | =B23 | =W24 | +W21 | -B11 |
| 21 | Nijman, Arie | 1991 | — | 4.0 | +W22 | -B6 | =W17 | -B12 | -W23 | +BYE | =B25 | -B20 | +W29 |
| 22 | Dellaca, Bruce | 1610 | — | 4.0 | -B21 | +W23 | -W20 | =B25 | -W16 | =B17 | +B29 | -W11 | +B28 |
| 23 | Gold, Hamish | 1866 | — | 3.5 | -W6 | -B22 | +B16 | =W19 | +B21 | =W20 | =W9 | -B15 | -W10 |
| 24 | Marko, Helmut | 1983 | CM | 3.5 | +B26 | -W4 | +B27 | -W5 | =B10 | -W16 | =B20 | =W13 | -W18 |
| 25 | Cooper, Nigel | 1692 | — | 3.5 | -B7 | -W10 | =B18 | =W22 | +B29 | +W27 | =W21 | -B9 | -W19 |
| 26 | Ryan, Tom | 1200 | — | 3.5 | -W24 | -B14 | +BYE | -W10 | +B19 | -B9 | =W28 | +W29 | -B17 |
| 27 | Brockway, Andrew | 1770 | — | 3.5 | -W15 | +B29 | -W24 | -B11 | +W28 | -B25 | =W17 | -B18 | +BYE |
| 28 | Whittington, Seth | 1000 | — | 2.5 | -W20 | +BYE | -B8 | -W14 | -B27 | +W29 | =B26 | -B19 | -W22 |
| 29 | Whittington, Finn | 1100 | — | 1.0 | -B12 | -W27 | -B19 | +BYE | -W25 | -B28 | -W22 | -B26 | -B21 |
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