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flag Russian serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, known as the "chessboard killer," admits to 11 more murders.

flag Russia's "chessboard killer," Alexander Pichushkin, who is serving a life sentence for 48 murders, is ready to confess to 11 more killings. flag Known for targeting homeless people, alcoholics, and the elderly in Moscow, Pichushkin earned his nickname by aiming to place a coin on every square of a chessboard for each victim. flag If convicted of these additional murders, he would become Russia's second most prolific serial killer, behind Mikhail Popkov, who was convicted of 78 murders.

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