Tunde Onakoya's gaming marathon was motivated by charity.
Chess top Nigerian name Tunde Onakoya has set a new world record in his sport.
News agency AP told on Saturday afternoon Finnish time, that the new record for the world's longest chess marathon set by Onakoya is 60 hours.
Onakoya's original intention was to play for 58 hours, but he continued to play even after reaching his time goal.
The previous world record was 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds from 2018. Then the Norwegians sat at the table Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad.
The Nigerian player's giant contract was based on charity. Onakoya hopes to collect one million dollars (about 938,000 euros). The money is supposed to be directed to the education of millions of children in Africa.
According to AP, there are more than 10 million school-age children in Nigeria who do not have the opportunity to go to school.
The amount collected by Onakoya was not known at the time, but in the first 20 hours, 22,000 dollars (a little over 20,000 euros) had been collected.
Onakoya, 29, grew up in the slums of Lagos, one of Nigeria's major cities, and is BBCwho said that chess saved him from crushing poverty.
Fresh In the ME company, players had the right to a five-minute break after every hour. Onakoya received huge support from the Nigerian community in New York, who played music, danced and cheered on the players in Times Square.
“I have full energy because my compatriots are cheering me on by playing music,” Onakoya said after the first innings.
American Shawn Martinez Onakoya, who played against, spent part of his breaks talking to fans, and AP says he also danced at some point.
The Nigerian enjoyed a lot of water and jollof rice during his job.
The chess marathon also received widespread attention in Nigeria.
For example, the country's vice president Kashim Shettima praised the player in his X publication.
“We are not only proud of Tunde Onakoya's ME company, but also of his humanitarian cause,” Shettiman's release read.
Guinness has not yet officially approved the new world record. According to AP, the official approval of the record can sometimes take weeks.
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