| Alon Greenfeld | |
| Country: | Israel |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1964 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, United States |
| Grandmaster (1989) | |
| Peakrating: | 2610 (January 1994) |
| Fideid: | 2800039 |
Alon Greenfeld (Hebrew: אלון גרינפלד; born 17 April 1964 in New York City) is an Israeli chess grandmaster and trainer.
His peak rating is 2610, achieved in the FIDE rating list of January 1994.[1]
In 1982, he finished runner-up in the European Junior Chess Championship.[2] Two years later, Greenfeld won the Israeli national championship. His best individual achievement is the victory of the Komerční banka Cup, a category 14 round-robin tournament at the Trimex Open 1993 in Pardubice.[3] [4]
His most famous pupil has been Emil Sutovsky. He travels regularly to India, and works with a number of promising young Indian players e.g., Vidit Gujarathi, who he has been training since 2004.[5] Asked what his best game was Greenfeld unhesitatingly replied: "My game against G.M. Boyce at Jersey 2004" [6] [7]
Alon Greenfeld played for Israel in five Chess Olympiads.
Greenfeld was awarded the titles of International Master (IM) in 1983 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1989.