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Tunde Onakoya: Nigerians celebrate as chess master breaks Guinness World Record

Tunde Onakoya: Nigerians celebrate as chess master breaks Guinness World Record

Nigerians are in celebratory mode as Tunde Onakoya set a new Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon played. The renowned Nigerian chess master was attempting to break the previous record of 56 hours, 9 hours set by Norwegians Norwegians Hallvard Haug Flatebo and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018, in a bid to raise $1 million for underprivileged children in Africa through his foundation Chess in...