Tunde Onakoya must continue to play chess under scaffolding in Times Square until about 11:30 Friday night.
On a modest folding table tucked under scaffolding in Times Square , Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya is embarking on a move that will test his stamina.He’s trying to break the world record for the longest continuous chess marathon. "We started yesterday, and it’s been like 26 hours so far," said Omoteyo Jacob, a volunteer on Onakoya’s support team.The previous record is 56 hours and 9 minutes. But Onakoya told FOX 5 NY he wants to break that and then some: he’s aiming for 60 hours.
Tunde is co-founder of two nonprofits: Chess in Slums Africa and the New York-based The Gift of Chess."We have a vision to give the gift of chess to a million children across Africa," Onakoya said. "Just setting up a chess center is a very practical way to involve them, and it’s given them a beginning of an education, where they can learn to become thinkers," Onakoya added. "And that is the best way we can empower anyone -- by showing them their own potential.
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