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.

He had set out to play the royal game for 58 hours but
continued until he reached 60 hours at about 12:40 a.m.
Saturday, surpassing the current chess marathon record
of 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds, achieved in 2018
by Norwegians Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad.

The Guinness World Record organization has yet to publicly
comment about Onakoya’s attempt. It sometimes takes weeks
for the organization to confirm any new record.

On August 27, 1955, the first edition of “The Guinness Book of
Records” was published in Great Britain; it quickly proved to
be a hit. Now known as the “Guinness World Records” book,
the annual publication features a wide range of feats related
to humans and animals.

The inspiration for the record book can be traced to Sir Hugh
Beaver, managing director of the Guinness Brewery in Dublin.

Compiled by sports journalists Norris and Ross McWhirter

The very first Guinness Book of World Records.

Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver
(4 May 1890 – 16 January 1967)

(Fox News) – A nearly 27-year-old cat from England has been
named the world’s oldest living cat by Guinness World Records

.

Flossie, the record-breaking feline, received verification from
the world record reference guide, on Nov. 10, according to a
press release. 

Guinness World Records says Flossie was born on Dec. 29, 1995,
and she received her verification at the "nyan-tastic age of 26
years 316 days."

The world record guide claims Flossie’s age is "equivalent" to
about "120 human years."

The British brown and black cat received official recognition from Guinness World Records on Thursday.

(CNN) — Pebbles, the world’s oldest dog, has died at the age of 22, according to Guinness World Records.

The record-breaking toy fox terrier died of natural causes at her
home in Taylors, South Carolina, on Monday, said Guinness in a
news release.

The elderly pooch was five months shy of her 23rd birthday,
according to the release.

Pebbles was only recognized as the world’s oldest living dog
earlier this year. In April, Guinness had initially named a 21-year
old chihuahua named TobyKeith as the oldest living dog — but
when Pebbles’ owners saw the news, they realized their dog was
actually older and they leapt into action like a dog chasing a
squirrel.

   
 
    
    
    
    
   
(ABC) – At 86 years old, American Airlines flight attendant Bette
Nash *above) is the oldest and longest-serving flight attendant
in the world, according to Guinness World Records.  

Nash started flying back in 1957 and will celebrate 65 years in-
flight this fall.

She can choose any route she wants and for most of her career
she has been loyal to the New York-Washington-Boston Shuttle.

Nash prefers this route because she says it allows her to be home
every night with her handicapped son who she continues to care
for to this day.