Alfred Hitchcock vs Efim Bogoljubov
Two child prodigies, compared on what is actually documented: field, era, country and record. No invented numbers.
The record, side by side
| Alfred Hitchcock | Efim Bogoljubov | |
| Field | Film | Sports |
| Sub-field | Screenwriter | Chess |
| Born | 1899 | 1889 |
| Died | 1980 | 1952 |
| Country of birth | United Kingdom | Russia |
| Star sign | Leo | Aries |
Who they are
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899, in Leytonstone, a quiet district of east London, to a greengrocer and his wife. He was a shy, overweight child who found that stories — their architecture, their capacity to generate unease — interested him more than almost anything else. His father once sent him to the local police station with a note, and the duty officer locked him in a cell for five minutes as a lesson in what happens to naughty boys. Hitchcock later described this as the defining trauma of his life, the…
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Efim Bogoljubov
A story — possibly apocryphal, certainly too good not to record — holds that when someone asked Efim Bogoljubov why he was so confident before a particular game, he replied: "When I have White, I win because I have White. When I have Black, I win because I am Bogoljubov." The line captures the man perfectly: large ego, enormous confidence, an infectious delight in chess, and enough genuine talent to partially justify every bit of it. Bogoljubov was not quite the best chess player of his era, but he was very nearly so, and the…
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What they share
- Near contemporaries - 10 years apart.
- Their lifetimes overlap.
Where they part
- Different fields: Film for Alfred Hitchcock, Sports for Efim Bogoljubov.
- Born in different countries: United Kingdom and Russia.
Questions people ask
- Who came first, Alfred Hitchcock or Efim Bogoljubov?
- Efim Bogoljubov. Alfred Hitchcock was born in 1899, Efim Bogoljubov in 1889.
- What field is each of them in?
- Alfred Hitchcock is filed under Film (Screenwriter). Efim Bogoljubov is filed under Sports (Chess).
- Were they contemporaries?
- Yes - their lifetimes overlap.