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| Efim Bogolyubov as a young man [Wikipedia] |
Efim Bogolyubov was a player and Grandmaster who played two matches against Alexandre Alekhine for the world championship (here for details).
Towards the end of his life he seemed to believe that posterity would remember him for his chess problems rather than for his chess games, as recalled Emil Diemer. He composed direct mates and endgame studies, for instance this moremover or the following threemover:
Bogoljubow, Efim Dmitrijewitsch
Staunton-100 JT, 1951
Staunton-100 JT, 1951
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