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title: "Alexander Pichushkin: The Chessboard Killer"
description: "The horrifying true story of Alexander Pichushkin, the Russian serial killer who used a chessboard to track his victims and sought to become the most prolific murderer in modern Russian history."
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datePublished: 2026-06-12
dateModified: 2026-06-12
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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The horrifying true story of Alexander Pichushkin, the Russian serial killer who used a chessboard to track his victims and sought to become the most prolific murderer in modern Russian history.
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