A Date to Play Subbuteo

Spartak Moscow defender Srđan Babić from Serbia played a friendly chess game with three-time Russian Women’s Champion Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina. On the occasion Babić, who grew interested in chess thanks to Netflix’s Queen’s Gambit, gallantly gave Goryachkina, reportedly a fan of the Red-Whites, his autographed jersey. Inevitably, however, the game was won by the “weak sex”, who nevertheless spent words of praise for her opponent.