Under the radiating lights of New York's notable Times Square, Nigerian chess ace Tunde Onakoya has broken the record for the longest chess long distance race. Subsequent to playing for 58 back to back hours he was currently at the board. Onakoya desires to raise $1m (£805,000) for a noble cause to help chess instruction for a large number of kids.
Many allies from the city's Nigerian people group have made an appearance to applaud the chess ace, including Nigerian Afrobeats star Davido. They furnished music and stimulated him with provisions of exemplary Nigerian dishes, including the darling public staple, jollof rice. Back home in Nigeria, individuals advocated Onakoya as they watched him overcome the record on Jerk, a video-web-based feature.
Allies left messages on the stream recognizing Onakoya as a motivation. "Much thanks to you for hoping against hope and showing us the levels to which we can all take our intellectual ability to! Great Tunde! I will get my chess board back haha," one analyst composed. "Mr Onakoya is an image of greatness and strength that recognize Nigerians both at home and abroad.Go, leave a mark on the world, and record our name in gold," Nigeria's VP Kashim Shettima posted on X.
"Lagos is pulling for you," Lagos state lead representative Babajide Sanwo-Olu told Onakoya, adding that his endeavor was "a strong demonstration of how significance can rise up out of anyplace". The past world record, perceived by Guinness World records, was 56 hours, nine minutes, and 37 seconds, which was set by Norwegian team Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018.
Onakoya, 29, credits chess with saving him from the mind-boggling destitution he confronted experiencing childhood in Lagos' notorious drifting ghettos. His non-benefit, Chess in Ghettos Africa, shows the game to kids from unfortunate networks and assists them with their schooling. Onakoya is likewise a board individual from the US non-benefit The Endowment of Chess, which attempts to change survives chess and is focusing to convey 1,000,000 chess sets to underserved networks by 2030.