The only further report on Weinstein's welfare comes from the chess writer Sam Sloan, who had for years longed to meet his incarcerated idol. In 1996 he did so, and was much deflated: "He looked sluggish and dull. Nobody could have imagined the promise he once had. He did not say even one word while I was sitting with him. He stared blankly at me the whole time [even] when I recounted all the details of his chess career. [At] the end of visiting hour, he got up and went to the attendant and told her rather heatedly that he wanted to go back to his ward."

Better by far to recall the Raymond Weinstein who was regarded by some as the most talented US player after Bobby Fischer. So here is a remarkable game from his final appearance in the US championship: victory with Black over the former world championship contender Samuel Reshevsky. 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Qb3 0-0 7.Be2 e6 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Rd1 b6 10.Bd2 Bb7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be1 Rfe8 13.a4 a5 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Na2 Bh6 16.Rab1 Bxe3 (This sacrifice of a Bishop for two pawns is objectively not best-but there is poison in it) 17.fxe3 Qxe3+ 18.Kf1 Ng4 19.h3?? (Reshevsky completely fails to see Weinstein's idea. After 19.Bd3 White would be fine) Qxf3+!! 20.gxf3 Ne3+ 21.Kf2 Nxc2 22.Bc3 Nf6 23.Bd3 Ba6 24.Nc1 (If 24.Bxc2 Re2+ wins back the piece) Bxd3 25.Nxd3 Nd7 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.dxe5 d4 28.Bxd4 Nxd4 29.Rxd4 Rxe5 30.Rc1 c5...and even Reshevsky could not hold this ending two pawns down, resigning 17 moves later.