Suchart Chaivichit

Suchart Chaivichit
	Suchart Chaivichit in 2012
Personal information
Born	8 July 1956 (age 70)
Chess career
Country	Thailand
Title	FIDE Master (1984)
FIDE rating	2270 (January 2010)
Peak rating	2420 (July 1983)

Suchart Chaivichit (Thai: สุชาติ ชัยวิชิต; born 8 July 1956) is a Thai makruk and chess player. He is a five-time makruk champion of Thailand (1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991). In chess he is a FIDE Master and three-time Chess Olympiad individual medalist (1982, 1988, 1996).

Biography

Suchart Chaivichit has been a leading makruk player in Thailand. He won the national makruk championship five times, and also won a national makruk festival in 2004.

Suchart Chaivichit also plays chess. He represented Thailand in the Chess Olympiad five times:

in 1980, at the first board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+5, =6, -3),
in 1982, at the third board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+9, =0, -3), winning an individual silver medal,
in 1984, at the first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+5, =3, -5),
in 1988, at the fourth board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+8, =0, -1), winning an individual gold medal,
in 1996, at the third board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+7, =0, -2), winning an individual silver medal.

Suchart Chaivichit played for Thailand three times in the Men's Asian Team Chess Championship:

in 1979, at the fourth board in the 3rd Asian Team Chess Championship in Singapore (+3, =1, -4),
in 1981, at the first board in the 4th Asian Team Chess Championship in Hangzhou (+3, =0, -5),
in 1989, at the second board in the 8th Asian Team Chess Championship in Genting Highlands (+5, =1, -2), winning an individual bronze medal.

References

↑ "Rating Progress Chart: Chaivichit, Suchart". ratings.fide.com. FIDE. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
↑ "เซียนป่อง สุชาติ ชัยวิชิต ปรมาจารย์หมากรุกไทย-สากลผู้ยิ่งยง" [Sianpong Suchartchaiwichit, Thai-International Chess Master] (in Thai). 23 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
↑ "12 ยอดนักหมากรุกไทย" [12 great makruk players]. ChessSiam (in Thai). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
↑ "Suchat Chaivichit, THE 2004 TOP THAI CHESS WIZARD, TOOK HOME A THB100,000 CASH PRIZE". 24 May 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Suchart Chaivichit". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
↑ "Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Suchart Chaivichit". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

External links

Suchart Chaivichit rating card at FIDE
Suchart Chaivichit player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Suchart Chaivichit chess games at 365Chess.com

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[FIDE_rating-1] "Rating Progress Chart: Chaivichit, Suchart". ratings.fide.com. FIDE. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

[2] "เซียนป่อง สุชาติ ชัยวิชิต ปรมาจารย์หมากรุกไทย-สากลผู้ยิ่งยง" [Sianpong Suchartchaiwichit, Thai-International Chess Master] (in Thai). 23 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

[3] "12 ยอดนักหมากรุกไทย" [12 great makruk players]. ChessSiam (in Thai). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

[4] "Suchat Chaivichit, THE 2004 TOP THAI CHESS WIZARD, TOOK HOME A THB100,000 CASH PRIZE". 24 May 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[5] "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Suchart Chaivichit". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

[6] "Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Suchart Chaivichit". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

Personal information
Suchart Chaivichit in 2012
Born	(1956-07-08) 8 July 1956 (age 70)
Chess career

Country	Thailand
Title	FIDE Master (1984)
FIDE rating	2270 (January 2010)
Peak rating	2420 (July 1983)