Ateneo student is 2014 Philippine Sudoku Grandmaster
February 07, 2014
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Interaksyon.com
A 19-year-old student from the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) beat 37 other contestants to emerge as the country's Sudoku grandmaster at the 8th Philippine Super Sudoku Challenge (PSSC) grand finals held at SM City North EDSA's Skydome last February 1.
Alvin Ian Chan, a fourth year student taking Applied Mathematics majoring in Mathematical Finance, claimed the title in the Grandmaster Division for college students and professionals.
He took home P60,000 and a trophy in the contest organized by the Mathematics Trainers' Guild-Philippines (MTG) and SM Supermalls in cooperation with SM City North EDSA's Skydome.
