A Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon after playing chess for 58 hours.
Onakoya on Saturday, April 20th, set the new record at Times Square in New York, USA.
According to the chess master, his decision to break the record is to raise funds and awareness for promoting educational opportunities for less privileged children in Africa.
Onakoya broke the record of Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebe and Sijur Ferkinstaad, who played 56 hours and 9 minutes in 2018.
Celebrating his 58 hours marathon, the new record holder posted on his official X page, “‘WE HAVE DONE IT”‘. Also, his win is currently the number one trending topic on X in Nigeria.