Tunde Onakoya kicks off his 58-hour bid to break the Guinness World Record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon today, April 17th, at 10am in Times Square, New York. The event is set to wrap up at 8pm on April 19th.”
Tunde announced his attempt plans via his social media account on April 5th, expressing his motivation: ‘Doing this for the dreams of millions of children across Africa without access to education,’ he posted.
The current Guinness World record for the longest chess marathon stands at 56 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds and was set by Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad of Norway on November 11, 2018.
You can donate and live stream the game via the link here.
He also made a list of how you can support him:
- Live steam
- Use the hashtag #ChessMarathonForChange to share your support, post your encouragement, and spread the word about the event and its cause.
- Donate to children without access to education
- Organise viewing parties
- “Tell everyone you know that we are doing great things from a small place. “
Watch as Tunde Onakoya give more details of the event:
