GWR: Tony Elumelu, Jide Sanwoolu, others react to Tunde Onakoya’s Chess Marathon

Nairametrics
21.04.24

Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya has initiated an attempt to break the Guinness World Record..

Chess champ plays two days straight for Times Square children’s fundraiser

NBC New York
20.04.24

A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in..

Nigeria’s Tunde Onakoya sets global chess record with 60 hour nonstop game

Aljazeera
20.04.24

A Nigerian chess champion has broken the world record for the longest chess marathon after..

Tunde Onakoya: Nigerian breaks chess marathon record

BBC
20.04.24

Under the beaming lights of New York's iconic Times Square, Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya..

A Nigerian Chess Master in Times Square

The New York Times
18.04.24

Tunde Onakoya is trying to break a record for the longest chess marathon. And he’s..

How This Board Game Is Making A Difference In Lagos

Forbes
11.03.24

In the heart of the continent beats a timeless rhythm, a symphony of intellect and..

The New Chess Masters (Tunde Onakoya) | DLD 24

DLD Conference
15.02.24

Tunde Onakoya is a chess master and teacher from Nigeria. In this touching, personal DLD24..

Tunde Onakoya Inspires The World

The Gift of Chess
11.02.24

In an incredible display of will, perseverance, and love, Tunde Onakoya and Shawn Martinez shattered..

Nigerian Chess Player Plays 10 Games Simultaneously, Defeats Every Opponent

NDTV Sports
01.02.24

In a stunning display of chess prowess, Nigerian player Tunde Onakoya played against 10 players..

The Fates and Faith of a Chess Master

Open Country Mag
30.11.23

In five years, Chess in Slums Africa brought hope to thousands of children and became..

A Knight’s Endgame

Vistanium
03.09.23

Where Tunde Onakoya came from, and where he's going. The story of a chess opening,..

Doing great things from a small place. | Tunde Onakoya

TEDx Talks
13.02.23

Tunde Onakoya is trying to break a record for the longest chess marathon. And he’s..

The Power of a Pawn: Tunde Onakoya’s Quest to Change Lives through Chess

Afropolitan
11.02.23

Makoko, the largest floating slum in Africa, is a place where hope can be hard..

From pawns to kings: young chess champions in the slums of Lagos

The Guardian
07.04.22

In Makoko, one of the world’s largest floating slums, most people are illiterate and many..

Meet the Amazing Activist Using Chess to Redefine Education for African Children

Global Citizen
02.03.22

Tunde Onakoya is using chess to give underprivileged children in Africa a chance at education...

Canadian High Commissioner, sailors play chess at Oshodi

Punch
01.03.22

The Canadian High Commissioner, Kevin Tokar and a crew of Canadian sailors visited the Oshodi..

Chess Saved My Life — Man Like Tunde Onakoya

Zikoko
26.09.21

The subject of today’s Man Like is Tunde Onakoya, a national chess master and the..

Nigerian chess champion teaches winning strategies to Lagos slum kids

FRANCE 24
14.09.21

Tunde Onakoya, a former Nigerian chess champion, is teaching children from one of the poorest..

He helps Nigerian kids turn chess moves into scholarships

CNN
23.08.21

Tunde Onakoya's non-profit, Chess in Slums Africa, teaches underserved kids skills on and off the..

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