Tunde Onakoya: Key Facts About Chess Grandmaster's Guinness World Records Attempt

The name Tunde Onakoyais now gaining more appreciable renown, especially as he aims to etch his chess wizardry into Guinness World Records in an ongoing challenge at Times Square, New York City. Onakoya, the founder of Chess in Slums Africa, had organized a number of interventions for children across slums in Lagos state, including Majidun (Ikorodu), Makoko and recently, Oshodi. Here are some major facts about Onakoya's far-reaching quest: Duration

The chess guru had announced on X that he plans to undertake a 58-hour chess marathon without losing a single game.

The aim is to surpass the current Guinness World Record of 56 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds, set by Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, both Norwegians, on November 11, 2018.

Mission 

Inspired by a worthy drive to empower underprivileged children, Tunde is driven to break the Guinness World Records for the longest chess marathon. Explaining this, he wrote on X:

“Doing this for the dreams of millions of children across Af…