Nigerian chess master and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has set a new record for the Guinness World Record.
He has not only completed his 58-hour target as the longest individual in chess marathon, he has also beaten his own record by another two hours.
Onakoya broke the record of Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018.
In the course of the marathon, Tunde experienced some health challenges, including intense vomiting and stomach pain, but his resilience kept him going.
Onakoya, a young man known to make positive changes in kids living in slums, began chess marathon on Wednesday, April 17 at the iconic Times Square in New York. He played over 150 games undefeated with his US partner, Shawn Martinez, and some other chess players.
The 29-year-old Oyo-born Nigerian says he aims to raise $1 million towards the provision of educational opportunities for underprivileged children across Africa.
At the moment the chess master achieved his Guinness World Records goal, a total of $92,808 has been raised, as he extended his chess-a-thon by an additional two hours, totaling 60 hours.
Fans and well wishers at home and abroad solidly supported the chess master throughout the record-breaking endeavour.
