A Nigerian Chess Master in Times Square

The New York Times

Tunde Onakoya is trying to break a record for the longest chess marathon. And he’s playing his games in the open air in Manhattan.

Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll look at a Nigerian chess master who is playing in Times Square. We’ll also look at a documentary about Black farmers that a store in Brooklyn will play on Earth Day.

As people took turns playing double Dutch and as Batman strutted around in Times Square, a Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, began his quest to break the Guinness world record for the longest chess marathon.

Onakoya, 29, in New York City for the first time, aims not only to break the world record of 56 hours, set in 2018, but also to raise money for the Gift of Chess and Chess in Slums Africa, organizations that aim to use the game to lift children out of poverty.

By Lola Fadulu.

Full story at NY Times.