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CHESS MARATHON: Tunde Onakoya sets Guinness World Record of 58hours

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Chess Maverick Tunde Onakoya has set a new world record for the longest time of playing Chess without losing.

The 29-year-old Nigerian started the journey at Times Square in New York on Wednesday 17th of April and ended it on Friday 19th of April.

After setting a new record,he went further to make it 60 hours,He wrote this on his X handle;

“We’re pushing to 60 hours guys. We’re not stopping yet. Let’s keep going. We have a fundraising goal to meet for the education of African children around the world.

This is our why – the reason we are doing this. Let’s demonstrate to the world the incredible power of love. Together, we can make this happen.

The previous Guinness World Record record of 56-hour, 9-minute mark was set by Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018.

Congratulations Chess master Tunde Onakoya

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