{from, about.com/Bill Wall's, noteworthy player compendium}
 
Norman Stephen Weinstein was born on October 4, 1950 in New
York. In 1968 he won the U.S. Junior Open in New York.
Norman attended Brandeis University and got a Masters degree
in mathematics. In 1972 Norman won the Atlantic Open. In 1972,
Norman Weinstein's rating was 2416, number 20 in the U.S.
In 1973 he won the U.S. Open in Chicago.
In 1974 Norman took 9th place at the U.S. Championship in Chicago.
He defeated Reshevsky in this event. In 1975 he
took 3rd place at Lone Pine and did well enough in the 1975
Cleveland International to gain the International Master
norm (playing at Grandmaster pace). In 1975 he took 2nd place
at an international tournament in Portimaio, Portugal. Larry Evans
took 1st place. This was the first time Americans took 1st and 2nd
place at an international tournament. In 1976 he won
the Quebec Open. In 1978 he wrote a book on the
Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4).
In 1978 Norman tied for 5th-7th in the U.S. Championship
in Pasadena, California. He scored 1 win (against Kim Commons)
and 13 draws, with no losses, the only player not to lose a game.
Norman Weinstein has the highest percentage of draws {77.1 percent}
of any player participating in a U.S. Championship.
He was recruited by Bankers Trust, who was looking for chess masters,
and Norman became a very successful and wealthy currency trader,
plus, later became a "World Bank" executive. He has been mentioned
in Forbes magazine.