Answers.Body: <p>I don't think <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pichushkin" rel="nofollow">Alexander Pichushkin</a> played at Master level, but wikipedia implies that he was quite a strong player.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Even though according to the sources he was very interested in chess, and possibly a strong player, too, nothing suggests that he reached Master strength.
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Answers.Body: <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bloodgood">Claude Bloodgood</a>, the popularizer of the Grob (1. g4), must be far and away the most famous. At one stage his USCF rating was second only to Gata Kamsky! It doesn't get much worse than murdering your own mother.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks... any less famous examples, maybe?
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Answers.Text: PS the inventor of the Grob was, of course, Henry Grob, not Bloodgood.
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Answers.Text: @A.N.Other Thanks! I've corrected the answer.
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Answers.Text: Bloodgood claims it was only his step-mother.
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Answers.Text: Ironically "grob" in Russian means "coffin".
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Body: <p>Apart from Raymond Weinstein, are there any other examples of chess players of at least Master strength who committed murder? </p>
  
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Comments.Text: The most high profile case was solved by Columbo :) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069906/
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Comments.Text: Other than the players listed in the comments below, I know of no others.  However, I know many chess pieces that commit murder.  Why if you're a pawn or a Queen you nearly have no chance of survival!
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Title: Chess players who committed murder
ThreadText: # Chess players who committed murder
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-05)
  
  Apart from Raymond Weinstein, are there any username_0 examples of chess players of at least Master strength who committed murder?
  
  **Tags:** famous-players
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: The most high profile case was solved by Columbo :) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069906/  
  > **username_2**: username_0 than the players listed in the comments below, I know of no others.  However, I know many chess pieces that commit murder.  Why if you're a pawn or a Queen you nearly have no chance of survival!  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-02-05. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  [Claude Bloodgood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bloodgood), the popularizer of the Grob (1. g4), must be far and away the most famous. At one stage his USCF rating was second only to Gata Kamsky! It doesn't get much worse than murdering your own mother.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks... any less famous examples, maybe?  
  > **username_0**: PS the inventor of the Grob was, of course, Henry Grob, not Bloodgood.  
  > **username_4**: @username_0 Thanks! I've corrected the answer.  
  > **username_5**: Bloodgood claims it was only his step-mother.  
  > **username_3**: Ironically "grob" in Russian means "coffin".  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-05-01. Score: 3
  
  I don't think [Alexander Pichushkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pichushkin) played at Master level, but wikipedia implies that he was quite a strong player.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Even though according to the sources he was very interested in chess, and possibly a strong player, too, nothing suggests that he reached Master strength.  
  
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