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Nigerian Chess Champion Tunde Onakoya Sets New Record with 60-Hour Marathon Play in Times Square

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Tunde Onakoya, a 29-year-old chess master, broke the world record for the longest chess marathon by playing non-stop for 60 hours from Wednesday to Saturday morning. The previous record was held by Hallvard Haug Flatebo and Sjur Ferkingstad of Norway, who played for 56 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds in 2018. Onakoya aimed to raise $1 million for children's education across Africa.

  1. CACTV News
    1. A Nigerian chess champion plays the royal game for 60 hours - a new global chess record
  2. AUABC News (Australia)
    1. Chess champion completes 60-hour chess marathon in world record attempt
  3. GBBBC
    1. Chess master plays 58 hours straight in Times Square to beat marathon record
  4. USCNN
    1. Nigerian chess champion Tunde Onakoya plays for 60 hours in Times Square, breaking marathon record
  5. GBThe Guardian
    1. Nigerian chess champion breaks record after playing nonstop for 58 hours

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sources

  1. 1.CTV News
  2. 2.ABC News (Australia)
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.CNN
  5. 5.The Guardian

perspectives

  1. 1.World Records
  2. 2.Chess

countries

  1. 1.NigeriaNG
  2. 2.NorwayNO
  3. 3.United StatesUS
  4. 4.BulgariaBG
  5. 5.IrelandIE

organizations

  1. 1.Chess in Slums Africa
  2. 2.Guinness World Records
  3. 3.Gift of Chess
  4. 4.Afrobeats
  5. 5.Twitter/X

persons

  1. 1.Shawn Martinez
  2. 2.Tunde Onakoya
  3. 3.Hallvard Haug Flatebø
  4. 4.Sjur Ferkingstad
  5. 5.Yemi Osinbajo
  6. 6.Taiwo Adeyemi
  7. 7.Russell Makofsky
  8. 8.Bola TinubuNG
  9. 9.Hilda Baci
  10. 10.Adekunle Gold
  11. 11.Solomon Passy
  12. 12.Ajuri Ngelale

technicals

  1. 1.Times Square