NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa through the record attempt that began on Wednesday.

Nigerian chess and education advocate Tunde Onakoya set out to break the world record for longest chess marathon, spending several days playing in New York. Onakoya and New York City-based chess master Shawn Martinez played together for 60 hours,

Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate Tunde Onakoya has broken the record for the longest chess marathon after playing for an extraordinary 60 hours nonstop under the bright lights of New York City’s Times Square.

Tunde Onakoya started the attempt Wednesday in New York City’s Times Square and aims to use it to raise $1 million to fund education for vulnerable children across Africa.

Nigerian chess champion Onakoya played against Sean Martinez, the American chess champion, and on that occasion he broke the record for the longest chess marathon after playing the game non-stop for 5