I don't think it's a coincidence. The blurb for Norman Weinstein says that after he was hired by Banker's Trust, "He was so successful that they kicked off a r

I don't think it's a coincidence. The blurb for Norman Weinstein says that after he was hired by Banker's Trust, "He was so successful that they kicked off a recruitment program for other strong chess players..." and then it lists a few people they recruited afterwards, with even higher scores. The connection between chess and finance/trading seems strange to me.