Tunde Onakoya: Nigerian breaks chess marathon record
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Chess-a-thon: Tunde Onakoya breaks Guinness world record, reaches 57-hr mark
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Chess Champion Is Trying To Break The World Record For Longest Chess Marathon
A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the global record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa. He is playing against Shawn Martinez, an American chess […]