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Nigeria's Chess master, Onakoya, sets Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon

Posted : 20 April 2025

Nigeria's chess master, Tunde Onakoya, set a new Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon in Times Square, New York.


Celebrating his remarkable achievement, Nigerians have taken to social media to honor chess champion Onakoya.


During the contest, Onakoya played a non-stop game alongside American chess player Shawn Martinez for 70 hours, surpassing the previous record of 61 hours, 3 minutes, and 34 seconds set by Norwegian duo Odin Blikra Vea and Askild Bryn, after Onakoya clocked 64 hours.


Checkmate 64 NG #70HoursofChessWithTunde #ChessForEducation #GWR2025 #DreamersFila pic.twitter.com/SPPihtMD63


— Tunde Onakoya (@Tunde_OD) April 20, 2025


Social media has since been buzzing with praise for Onakoya, who is also the founder of Chess in Slums Africa, for his resilience, brilliance, and patriotism.


“History made at Times Square. Thank you for the motivation, resilience, grit, and for putting Nigeria on the global map yet again. Congratulations, Tunde!” wrote @Biz_Solutioneer on X (formerly Twitter).


Another user, @Vet_IdNOBLE, urged him to keep going even further, saying, “Please do 80 hours if you can. More strength.”


In a more ecstatic tone, @ochang_okorn declared:
“CHECK MATE ♟️ YASSSSSSS 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 TUNDE ONAKOYA 2X GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾”


The achievement has sparked a wave of national pride and admiration for Onakoya, who undertook the challenge to raise funds for building free schools for homeless children across Africa.


Tunde Onakoya, through his foundation, continues to use the game as a tool to inspire and educate children from underserved communities.

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