Suchart Chaivichit

Suchart Chaivichit is a Thai makruk and chess player. He is a five-time makruk champion of Thailand. In chess he is a FIDE Master and three-time Chess Olympiad individual medalist.

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,
in 1982, at the third board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne, winning an individual silver medal,
in 1984, at the first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki,
in 1988, at the fourth board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki, winning an individual gold medal,
in 1996, at the third board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan, 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,
in 1981, at the first board in the 4th Asian Team Chess Championship in Hangzhou,
in 1989, at the second board in the 8th Asian Team Chess Championship in Genting Highlands, winning an individual bronze medal.