Pandora Peaceman 
The father of a Nigerian chess master who recently bagged the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest Chess Marathon, Tunde Onakoya, Pa Onakoya has revealed why he wasn’t in support of his son playing chess game.
New Telegraph reports that Tunde Onakoya recently broke the Guinness World Record for the longest-ever chess marathon with a time of 60 hours at Times Square in New York, United States.
He broke the record of Norwegian players, Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56 hours, and 9 minutes in 2018.
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Speaking at a sideline interview with City Edge TV on Wednesday, the proud father admitted that when Tunde was a child, he used to disrupt his chess games to make him focus on his education.
Joining his wife and many others at Lagos Airport to give the Guinness World Record-breaker a heroic welcome, Pa Onakoya said, “To me, Babatunde Onakoya is an angel because whatever he set his mind on you must succeed.
“As a small child, when Tunde was playing chess, I usually packed everything away from him because I wanted him to focus on school. I didn’t know that it was what would make him popular like this.
“My advice for parents is that they shouldn’t discourage their children from their passions. I wanted Tunde to be a doctor but I didn’t know that chess would make him popular like this. I thank God.”
