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In this screen grab taken from video, Tunde Onakoya, 29- years old, a Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, left, play a chess game in Times Square, New York, Thursday, April, 18, 2024.A Nigerian chess player and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the global record for the longest chess marathon and raise $1m for the education of children across Africa. (AP Video/John Minchillo)
NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon.
Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa through the record attempt that began on Wednesday.
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