{"id":64455,"date":"2025-04-18T14:51:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64455"},"modified":"2025-04-18T14:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:51:24","slug":"70-hour-chess-showdown-onakoya-sets-to-smash-guinness-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/18\/70-hour-chess-showdown-onakoya-sets-to-smash-guinness-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"70-Hour Chess Showdown: Onakoya Sets to Smash Guinness World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian chess maestro and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has launched a bold quest to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, kicking off an intense 70-hour challenge in New York\u2019s Times Square on Thursday, April 17.<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere was electric as Onakoya made his first move in the heart of the bustling city, cheered on by a wave of supporters waving Nigerian flags and chanting his name.<\/p>\n<p>The event, shared live on his official X account, is more than a record attempt\u2014it is a powerful message of resilience, vision, and the unifying power of chess.<\/p>\n<p>This effort comes exactly one year after his first record attempt, which lasted 60 hours alongside US chess master Shawn Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>Although it drew wide attention, the official record was awarded to two Norwegians, Odin Blikra Vea and Askild Bryn, who logged just over 61 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Onakoya is back with a mission\u2014to not just break a record, but to inspire millions. As the hours tick by, his dedication shines as a symbol of hope for underserved communities and a celebration of African excellence on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Nigerian chess maestro and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has launched a bold quest to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, kicking off an intense 70-hour challenge in New York\u2019s Times Square on Thursday, April 17. The atmosphere was electric as Onakoya made his first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64457,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64455\/revisions\/64457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}