Ditching the chess column?

Greig put in check over Standard’s chess move
guardian.co.uk – UK

All the usual wit and insight from Ray Snoddy at the Broadcasting Press Guild lunch yesterday. But also a fair bit of outrage at the new-look London Evening Standard, which has ditched one of the media journalist’s most treasured items: the chess column. “I’ll be writing to the Standard about this,” said Snoddy, his tongue lodged a wee bit in cheek. “I can’t believe they have got rid of it. If the paper’s owner isn’t aware of it I think Geordie Greig might have some explaining to do – we all know how much the Russians love chess.”

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk