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Alexander Yuryevich Pichushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Пичу́шкин; born 9 April 1974), also known as the Chessboard Killer (Убийца с шахматной доской) and the Bitsa Park Maniac (Битцевский маньяк), is a Russian serial killer who is believed to have killed at least forty-nine ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Russian serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, nicknamed "The Chessboard Killer," was caught in Moscow and convicted in 2007 of killing 48 people. Following his arrest the police discovered a...
Jun 30, 2022 · Alexander Pichushkin killed his first victim in 1992 but killed only sporadically until 2001, when he began regularly targeting victims. According to him, his goal was to kill 64 people — the same as the number of squares on a chessboard.
Apr 30, 2009 · The Chessboard Killer. Russia had never seen anything quite like the prolific serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, for whom “life without killing is like life without food.” How many lives did he...
Alexander Pichushkin, a serial killer from Russia, was more dangerous yet equally as big a loser. The media dubbed him the Chessboard Killer and his murders stretched on for nearly 15 years.
Feb 6, 2016 · For Alexander Pichushkin, murder was a game. Police searching his Moscow apartment in June 2006 found a chessboard, with numbers on 61 of the 64 squares.
Oct 24, 2007 · A jury took less than three hours to convict Alexander Pichushkin of the murders, most of which occurred over five years in a sprawling park in the south of the city. He was also found guilty of...
Mar 31, 2021 · Between 1999-2006, a Russian outcast named Alexander Pichushkin tied chess and homicide together, earning the nickname "the Chessboard Killer" in the process.
Oct 29, 2007 · The 33-year-old Alexander Pichushkin stood with his head bowed inside a glass cage in the courtroom as the judge, Vladimir Usov, read out the sentence.
Oct 25, 2007 · Russia's 'Chessboard killer' Alexander Pichushkin showed no remorse when he addressed a Moscow court for the final time overnight after being found guilty of a series of 48 murders. Rather than seeking lenience, he taunted the court, which a day earlier had found him guilty on all charges.
