Each time he murdered somebody, he marked one square on his chess
board. His goal was to complete the board. He had only one square
remaining when he was arrested for 49 counts of murder for the
bodies that were found.

He was quoted (translated from Russian) of saying that killing is
as necessary as eating, he can't go without killing any more than
he can go without food.

I learned of this just today on Russia Today on channel 32,
although he was arrested a year ago. He's already confessed to the
63 murders, including the 49 of the criminal charges, yet has
demanded a jury trial in the hopes he'll be aquitted and thereby
allowed a chance to finish filling the chessboard. But if he's
released I don't believe he'd stop killing when the board is full.

He doesn't like to get blood on his clothes, so he comes up behind
people and hits them on the back of the head with a hammar.

IMO, he is a disgrace on all Chess players, just as the suicide
bombers are a disgrace on Islam, the priests who molest children
are a disgrace on the Catholic Church, and GWBush+Cheney are a
disgrace on the Republican Party, and Robert Soloway is a disgrace
to people named "Robert", and my former wife was a disgrace on
Philipino women.

(Bobby Fischer was a bit of a disgrace on Chess players too,
although nowhere near as gross as this serial killer!)