Onakoya broke the record of Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018.

The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has congratulated chess master, Tunde Onakoya, for setting a new Guinness World Record for the longest marathon chess.

This was stated in a circular shared on X by Presidency Nigeria. The tweet reads: Congratulations Tunde Onakoya.

The chestmaster had earlier confirmed that he had surpassed the 58-hours world record in a post on his official X account.

He wrote, We have done it.

Were pushing to 60 hours guys. Were not stopping yet. Lets 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. 

Lets demonstrate to the world the incredible power of love. Together, we can make this happen."

Onakoya broke the record of Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018 and aimed at reaching 58 hours target.

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