[chesspain]

In or around 1990, my then wife and I were attending the annual American Psychological Association convention, and we stumbled upon a large auditorium address being given by the late Reubin Fine, who in addition to being a well-noted psychoanalyst, was also a chess grandmaster who was considered during the 1940s to be one of the top five players in the world. He also wrote the classic book Basic Chess Endgames.

Anyway, after he finished his speech, I went up to the podium, shook his hand, chatted with him for a couple of moments (I think he was surprised to be approached by a chess fan at an APA convention), and got him to sign my program.