Tag: Chess
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29-year-old Nigerian chess player, Onakoya breaks Guiness World Record
A 29- year old Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, Tunde Onakoya has played chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon in the world.
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Tani, 8-Year-Old homeless Chess Champion gets new apartment
Tanitoluwa Adewunmi, eight year-old Nigerian chess champion and his family have moved into a new apartment, courtesy of goodwill donations after his success story went viral. According to New York Times, the young Tani,who recently won the New York State Chess championship for his age bracket, got a GoFundMe drive which raised more than 200,000…
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Clinton congratulates, invites 8-year-old Nigerian kid for winning Chess Championship
Former U.S President, Bill Clinton, has congratulated the eight year-old Nigerian chess champion, Tanitoluwa Adewunmi and also invited him and his parents to his office for personal introduction. The young Nigerian recently won the New York State Chess championship for his age bracket. The New York Times reported that Adewunmi had won seven chess trophies…