View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Gift of Chess (@thegiftofchess) Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe April 19 (UPI) -- A Nigerian chess master is more than 50 hours into his attempt to play chess for 60 consecutive hours and break a Guinness World Record in the process. Tunde Onakoya started playing chess at a table in New York's Times Square on Wednesday, and he crossed the 50-hour mark in the early afternoon Friday. Advertisement The current Guinness World Record for longest continuous chess marathon is 56 hours and 9 minutes, but Onakoya is aiming to play for a full 60 hours. Onakoya is the co-founder of nonprofit groups Chess in Slums Africa and The Gift of Chess. "We have a vision to give the gift of chess to a million children across Africa," Onakoya told Fox 5 New York. "Just setting up a chess center is a very practical way to involve them, and it's given them a beginning of an education, where they can learn to become thinkers," Onakoya said. "And that is the best way we can empower anyone -- by showing them their own potential." Advertisement The record attempt is being streamed live on Twitch. Read More Two vultures found 'too drunk to fly' in Connecticut British farmers using Axe body spray to keep rams from fighting Strangers return diamond ring found on Texas beach to its owner
