Chuchart Trairatanapradit (), popularly known as Tai Pichit (; born 10 January 1963) is a Thai former professional snooker player.
Pichit participated at the World Snooker Championship three times, reaching the first round in 1995. Pichit's best overall ranking finish was at the 1994 Thailand Open, where he reached the last 16 stage.
At the 1991 Thailand Masters, Tai lost 4âÂÂ5 in the first round to Allison Fisher. He won the IBSF World Amateur Championship in 1993, defeating Praput Chaithanasakun 11âÂÂ6 in the final, and turned professional in 1994. At the 1994 Thailand Open he beat Colin Morton 5âÂÂ2 in the wildcard round and then and Stephen Hendry 5âÂÂ2, before losing to Darren Morgan 4âÂÂ5 in the second round.
One year later, he participated at his first World Snooker Championship, qualifying for the 1995 edition of the tournament. Pichit defeated Mark Whatley 5âÂÂ3, Adrian Rosa 5âÂÂ1, Mike Dunn 5âÂÂ2, Warren King 10âÂÂ0, Stuart Reardon 10âÂÂ8, Alex Higgins 10âÂÂ5, Euan Henderson 10âÂÂ6 and Mike Hallett 10âÂÂ8 to set up an encounter with Willie Thorne, which he lost 6âÂÂ10.
He also participated in the 1996 UK Championship, defeating Jimmy White 9âÂÂ7 in the first round, and advanced to the second round, where he was defeated by Joe Johnson 6âÂÂ9.
In 1998âÂÂ99, Pichit was ranked 124th, the highest ranking in his career. However,he ended the season at 150th, which meant that he did not qualify to continue on the professional circuit.
Pichit was a Buddhist monk (bhikkhu) before he became a professional snooker player.