Nigerian To Attempt Second Guinness World Record
Tunde Onakoya a Nigerian professional chess player and Guinness world record holder, has announced plans to play chess for 70 hours at Times Square, New York City, on April 17 to 20.
While disclosing his plans on X, Tunde explained that this move is to raise support for building free schools for homeless children in Nigeria.
In April 2024, Onakoya completed a 60-hour chess marathon, playing alongside US chess master Shawn Martinez.
His accomplishment surpassed the previous 56-hour record held by Norwegians Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, set in 2018.
However, Onakoya’s record was eclipsed just two months later in June 2024 when two other Norwegian players achieved a 61-hour marathon.
Onakoya said he and Martinez will attempt to break that record and set a new one for 70 hours.
“My dream is to inspire the world, and raise support to build the biggest free school for homeless children in Nigeria,” he said.
According to Tunde, he will be joined by five children from Chess in Slums Africa, who “have shown all of us that it is possible to do great things from a small place”.
“They will only join in for a few hours. This is an open call to every chess player in New York City to come and challenge them,” he added.
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