Tunde Onakoya, who began his journey to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, has hit his 58th-hour mark. Onakoya made this known on his X account in the early hours of Saturday, April 20. Sharing a photo with the incrisption ‘record broken’
Onakoya wrote:
“We have done it. “We’re pushing to 60 hours, guys. We’re not stopping yet. Let’s keep going. “We have a fundraising goal to meet for the education of African children around the world. This is our why – the reason we are doing this ‘
he said
The previous Guinness World Record holder of 56-hour, 9-minute mark was set by Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018.
