President Tinubu Receives Chess Master Tunde Onakoya
Chess master and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, met with President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Monday night, where he presented his Guinness World Record certificate for the longest chess marathon. The meeting was revealed through a post on the president’s official X (formerly Twitter) account. In April, Onakoya made history alongside […]
Tunde Onakoya Sets 64-hour Chess Marathon World Record
Nigerian chess champion and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has set a 64-Hour chess marathon world record. The new record set by Onakoya and his chess partner, Shawn Martinez, at Times Square, New York, broke the 61-hour record achieved by the chess marathon record of 61 hours, 3 minutes, and 34 seconds, […]
Tunde Onakoya Begins His 58-Hour Guinness World Record
Tunde Onakoya has begun his 58-hour quest to break the Guinness World record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon. The event kicked off on, April 17th, at 10am in Times Square, New York, and is scheduled to conclude at 8pm on April 19th. Tunde announced the plans of his attempt on his X account on April 5th, stating his motivation: […]