‘Chess Killer’ confesses to 63 murders
From correspondents in Moscow
October 09, 2007 10:58pm
Article from: Agence France-Presse
A RUSSIAN serial killer, who reportedly hoped to murder one person for every square on a chessboard, today admitted at his trial to 63 murders and attempted murders, Interfax news agency reported.
Alexander Pichushkin told the court he would admit to the 52 murders and attempted murders that he has been accused of, as well as 11 others.
“I thought it would be unfair to forget about 11 more people,” he said.
Pichushkin, nicknamed the “mad chess player” in Russia’s tabloid press, is alleged to have committed his first murder as a student in 1992 and to have bludgeoned many of his victims to death with a hammer.
Investigators said Pichushkin aimed to match his victims to the 64 squares on a chessboard, and to exceed the number of victims of the infamous Soviet-era serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who was convicted in 1992 of murdering 52 people.
Source: News.com.au
This is horrible, this man has ended the lives of so many people, This is a bad story, the only good news in it is his arrest and trial.
It could be worse, at least he didn’t play Go.
He is just like every other chessplayer.
what do u mean hby that remark anony,? are u implaying that all chess players are killiers? just say it out straigh u coward!
This cant’ be real.
What ought to worry everyone is that he has only 1 more victim to go until he gets to 64!
The worse we can do is giving more publicity to this guy, is a psychotic that doesn´t deserve anything. He wants some kind of acknowledgement because is a whole loser.
Every good chess player I know is odd and bit wacky. And in everything, some of us are more so than others. This guy just happens to be one of them really wacky ones of us all.
By the way, is it known if any of his victims was a chess player? If so, then we have a right to disown him as one of ours and for killing one of ours.
The last victim will be himself!