Alexander Baburin

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UCD student Diana Mirza became Ireland’s first world chess champion when she won the World Schools Under-17 Chess Championship in 2017
The Green Gambit: The Irish chess stars making waves internationally
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  • December 5, 2020, 06:00

This year has provided endless twists and turns, from a global pandemic to the first Irish-American president since JFK. Not even the most gifted of p(...)

Russian-born chess grandmaster Alexander Baburin, who lives in Blackrock, said he voted as an expatriate for Vladimir Putin in the recent Russian presidential election. Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev /AFP/Getty Images
Russians in Ireland sceptical over spy poisoning claims

The Russian community in Ireland will celebrate 45 years of diplomatic relations at their annual ball in October. What will be left to celebrate or h(...)