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Nigerian chess champion, Tunde Onakoya, has revealed how he transformed Jamiu, a roadside mechanic in the slums of Majidun, Ikorodu, Lagos into a world-class chess champion currently taking part ...
•As one of his mentees won the ICN Chess Championship, $500 scholarship Founder of Chess in Slums Africa and the co-founder of Great Minds Chess Academy, Tunde Onakoya, has led some Nigerian ...
Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for ... Onakoya played against Shawn Martinez, an American chess champion, in line with Guinness World Record guidelines that any attempt to break ...
Onakoya proudly revealed that Jamiu won the ICN Chess Championship in New York, defeating over 200 USCF-rated players and earning a $500 scholarship. "Today, my heart is overwhelmed with joy words ...
as the Nigerian chess champion and founder of Chess in Slums Africa looks to break a 61-hour marathon. Tunde Onakoya [Instagram/@tunde_onakoya] A Akinyemi Olarinre Follow Tunde Onakoya’s second ...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has hailed Nigerian chess master and founder of Chess in Slums, Tunde Onakoya, for setting a new 64-hour chess marathon record. Onakoya and Martinez receive ...
The celebrated Nigerian chess champion and the founder of Chess in ... necessity and a prerequisite for economic development. Onakoya reached 62 hours, surpassing the record of 61 hours, 3 minutes ...
Nigerians at home and abroad have taken to social media to celebrate chess champion Tunde Onakoya after he set a new Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon in Times Square ...
Nigerian chess master and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has officially broken the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, surpassing the previous record of 61 ...
Nigerian chess master and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon after surpassing the existing record of 61 hours.
Tunde Onakoya, has begun his second Guinness World Record, GWR, attempt for the longest chess marathon. The Nigerian chess champion started the attempt at Times Square, in New York City on ...