This is the later life of, for 10 points, what former employee in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, lover of Julia, and central character of George Orwell's 1984?
An avid chess player and fan of the Times chess column, his table is always reserved for him at the Chestnut Tree Caf?with his chessboard in place and the paper already open to the column.  Though he works occasionally in a sub-basement for a sub-committee of a sub-committee, he is not sure exactly what he does.  This is the later life of, for 10 points, what former employee in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, lover of Julia, and central character of George Orwell's 1984?
An avid chess player and fan of the Times chess column, his table is always reserved for him at the Chestnut Tree Caf?with his chessboard in place and the paper already open to the column.  
Winston Smith