Photos: Tunde Onakoya embarks on 70-Hour chess marathon

Nigerian chess icon and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya has kicked off his second ambitious attempt to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest chess marathon.The marathon began on Thursday at the iconic Times Square in New York City, where Onakoya aims to play nonstop chess for 70 hours—without losing a single game.
Under GWR rules, he’s permitted only a five-minute break every hour throughout the marathon.In a video shared on his official X (formerly T