Suchart Chaivichit Explained
| Suchart Chaivichit |
| Country: | Thailand |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1956 |
| FIDE Master |
| Fideid: | 6200010 |
| Rating: | 2270 (January 2010)[1] |
| Peakrating: | 2420 (July 1983) |
Suchart Chaivichit (Thai: สุชาติ ชัยวิชิต; born 8 July 1956) is a makruk and chess player from Thailand. 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.[2] [3] He won the national makruk championship five times, and also won a national makruk festival in 2004.[4]
Suchart Chaivichit also plays western chess. He represented Thailand in the Chess Olympiad five times:[5]
- 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:[6]
- 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.
Notes and References
- Web site: Rating Progress Chart: Chaivichit, Suchart . ratings.fide.com . . 2 December 2021.
- Web site: เซียนป่อง สุชาติ ชัยวิชิต ปรมาจารย์หมากรุกไทย-สากลผู้ยิ่งยง . Sianpong Suchartchaiwichit, Thai-International Chess Master . th . 23 October 2006 . 5 December 2020 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135215/http://medinfo.psu.ac.th/pr/WebBoard/readboard.php?id=9597 . live.
- Web site: 12 ยอดนักหมากรุกไทย . 12 great makruk players . th . ChessSiam . 5 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305194220/http://www.reocities.com/chesssiam/Story1.html . 5 March 2016.
- Web site: Suchat Chaivichit, THE 2004 TOP THAI CHESS WIZARD, TOOK HOME A THB100,000 CASH PRIZE . https://archive.today/20130630002328/http://www.newswit.com/.gen/2004-05-24/t4-55310/ . dead . 30 June 2013 . 24 May 2004 . 5 December 2020.
- Web site: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Suchart Chaivichit . OlimpBase.org . 2019-09-25 . 2019-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190925073551/http://www.olimpbase.org/players/qo2k8sqj.html . live.
- Web site: Men's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Suchart Chaivichit . OlimpBase.org . 2019-09-25 . 2019-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190925073547/http://www.olimpbase.org/playersa/qo2k8sqj.html . live.
