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Adekunle Gold and Tunde Onakoya
Nigerians overseas have come out to help famend chess grasp, Tunde Onakoya, as he embarks on a mission to surpass the Guinness World Document for the longest chess marathon.
Onakoya introduced the graduation of the marathon through his X account with the caption, “Sport time.”
He additionally wrote, “We haven’t even began but and Nigerians are already trooping into camp out with me.”
Amongst these cheering Onakoya is Nigerian singer, Adekunle Kosoko, popularly often called Adekunle Gold.
The occasion, which is underway at New York Metropolis’s iconic Occasions Sq., began at 10am on Wednesday, April 17, and is scheduled to finish at 8pm on April 19.
Onakoya is about to interact in an intense chess marathon, aiming to play for 58 hours with no single defeat.
The present Guinness World Document, set by Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad of Norway on November 11, 2018, stands at 56 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds.
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