Chess champion, Tunde Onakoya set to break record with 70-hour challenge

Chess champion, Tunde Onakoya set to break record with 70-hour challenge

Nigerian chess champion and schooling recommend Tunde Onakoya is gearing up for every other anciental feat as he tries to interrupt the sector report for the longest chess marathon — aiming for 70 hours of non- prevent chess at Times Square, New York, from April 17 to April 20.

Onakoya, founding father of the Chess in Slums Africa initiative, will associate with U.S. National Master Shawn Martinez withinside the formidable try to surpass the modern authentic report of sixty one hours these days set through Norwegian players.

But for Onakoya, this report strive is ready greater than simply chess. His project is to encourage the sector and lift guide to construct the biggest unfastened college for homeless youngsters in Nigeria.

“My dream is to encourage the sector and lift guide to construct the largest unfastened college for homeless youngsters in Nigeria,” he shared.

As a part of the event, numerous youngsters educated thru his Chess in Slums Africa application will be part of him in brief in the course of the marathon to show off their competencies and resilience, proving that “ top notch matters can come from small places.”

Onakoya additionally prolonged an open invitation to chess lovers throughout New York City to return back undertaking him and his group in the course of the event.

This strive follows Onakoya’s notable overall performance in April 2024, whilst he broke the preceding Guinness World Record of fifty six hours, nine minutes, and 37 seconds, held through Norwegians Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad for the reason that 2018. In that marathon, Onakoya and Martinez clocked an superb 60-hour session.

With this subsequent 70-hour undertaking , Onakoya hopes to push the bounds as soon as again — now no longer only for the report books however for the destiny of Nigerian youngsters with out get entry to to schooling .