The MTG Philippines and SM Supermalls sealed a partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) providing a framework of cooperation to promote Sudoku puzzles and mathematics in the Philippines. The formal MOA signing took place at the conference room of the SM Corporate Office in Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City on May 21, 2013.

The MOA has laid out the cooperative terms entered upon by the main signatories, Dr. Simon Chua, President of MTG Philippines and Ms. Millie Dizon, SM Vice President for Marketing and Communications. Affixing their signature in the document as witnesses were Dr. Eduardo Dela Cruz, MTG Vice President for Training and Development, Mrs. Myrna Agtarap, MTG Adviser and Mr. Lucero Ong, Assistant Vice President of Collins Trading International, Inc.  

The written understanding of the agreement between the parties includes not just conducting the 8^th Philippine Sudoku Super Challenge (PSSC) but also holding the math contest dubbed as MTG-SM-SHARP Math Trail and Problem Solving Competition to be participated in by schools in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces.

This year, the 8^th PSSC regional elimination round shall be held simultaneously on October 19, 2013 in selected SM Supermalls in the country. The national finals shall be February 1, 2014 at SM City North EDSA, The Annex, in Quezon City.

The elimination round of the math contest, usually conducted for high school students, is set on October 12, 2013 at SM San Lazaro and SM Parañaque while the final round is scheduled on February 2, 2014 at SM City North EDSA Annex.

The MTG’s partnership with SM Supermalls is the 6^th year now. This joint venture to promote Sudoku in the Philippines saw the emergence of champions in the persons of Sarah Jane Cua of Pangasinan Universal Institute who swept the competition away in Singapore for two years in 2008 and 2010 while John Robert Valcos of St Mary's College of Baliwag, Bulacan, who bested the major title in Thailand in 2009.