The Nation Newspaper I disapproved of Tunde Onakoya's knack for Chess - Father
, revealed that he has always envisioned his son becoming a medical doctor, which was why he disapproved of him playing chess while young.
He achieved the feat on April 20 at Times Square in New York City after playing for over 58 hours and winning every match. He admitted that when Tunde was a child, he used to disrupt his chess games to make him focus on his education.“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.
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