Tunde Onakoya, Nigerian chess master, has broken the record for the longest chess marathon.
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| Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya. Photo: AP via bbc.com |
He was still at the board after playing for fifty-eight (58) successive hours.
According to bbc.com:
Onakoya hopes to raise $1m (£805,000) for charity to support chess education for millions of children.
The previous world record, recognised by Guinness World records, was 56 hours, nine minutes, and 37 seconds, which was set by Norwegian duo Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018.
Hundreds of supporters from Nigerian community in New York have shown up to cheer Onakoya, encompassing Afrobeats Megastar, David Adedeji Adeleke, AKA, Davido
