Global InformationTunde Onakoya information
| Tunde Onakoya | |
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| Country | Nigeria |
| Born | 6 October 1994 Ikorodu, Nigeria |
| Peak rating | 2197 (July 2016) |
Tunde Onakoya (born 6 October 1994) is a Nigerian chess player and coach, who holds the Guinness World Records for the longest marathon chess game.[1][2][3][4] and founder of Chess in Slums Africa.[5][6][7] He has organised a number of interventions for children across slums in Lagos state including Majidun (Ikorodu), Makoko and recently, Oshodi. The children are engaged in a two-week session that seeks to unlock their potential through the game of chess while learning to read, write and acquire basic literacy skills.
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{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Admin 2 (2024-04-20). "JUST IN: Tunde Onakoya breaks world record for longest chess marathon". Champion Newspapers LTD. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tunde Onakoya: Launching Stars Through Chess". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ "How chess is changing children's lives". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ He helps Nigerian kids turn chess moves into scholarships - CNN Video, retrieved 2021-12-24
- ^ Aisha Salaudeen and Yvonne Kasera. "Chess coaches in Africa are building the next generation of grandmasters". CNN. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ "How chess became an escape for children living in a Nigerian slum". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-12-24.