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Nigerian champion Onakoya in New York attempts to break world record for longest chess marathon

A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to achieve a Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya started the attempt on Wednesday in New York City’s Times Square and aims to use it to raise $1 million to fund education for vulnerable children across Africa. He aims to play nonstop for 58 hours to beat the current record of 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds. (AP video: John Minchillo) 
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The Associated Press
Unique identifier: CP170657714 
Legacy Identifier: b87a31c4118248ab90c8f5c10c516e4b 
Type: Video 
Duration: 1m0s 
Dimensions: 1920px × 1080px     74.40 MB 
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Create Date: 4/19/2024 1:48:31 PM 
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