Guinness World Record holder, Tunde Onakoya, has announced that he is taking a break from the social media platform X.

Making the announcement on Thursday in a post on his X handle, the Nigerian chess champion revealed that the platform had become “overwhelming,” hence the need to “guard my heart.”

“I feel too much darkness in the world pressing in. I will be stepping away for a while,” he wrote.

Onakoya informed his fans that they could reach him via email for any important matters, adding that “I will continue to share my thoughts on Instagram.”

The announcement comes five months after Onakoya broke the world record for the longest chess marathon.