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VIDEO: Tunde Onakoya begins 58-hour chess marathon in New York

Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya has commenced the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon.

He announced this via his X handle on Wednesday.

The event, which is underway at New York City’s iconic Times Square, started at 10 am on Wednesday, April 17, and is scheduled to end at 8 pm on April 19.

 

Onakoya is set to engage in an intense chess marathon, aiming to play for 58 hours without a single defeat.

The current Guinness World Record, set by Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad of Norway on November 11, 2018, stands at 56 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds.

Israel Arogbonlo

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