Nigerian chess teacher and player Tunde Onakoya, who commenced his mission to surpass the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, has reached the 58th-hour mark.
Onakoya made this known on his X account in the early hours of Saturday.
Sharing a photo with record broken inscribed on it, Onakoya wrote, โWe have done it.โ
โWeโre pushing to 60 hours, guys. Weโre not stopping yet. Letโs keep going.
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โWe have a fundraising goal to meet for the education of African children around the world. This is our why โ the reason we are doing this.
โLetโs demonstrate to the world the incredible power of love. Together, we can make this happen.โ
The previous Guinness World Record record of 56-hour, 9-minute mark was set by Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebรธ and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018.