Alon Greenfeld


Alon Greenfeld is an Israeli chess grandmaster and trainer.
His peak rating is 2610, achieved in the FIDE rating list of January 1994.
In 1982, he finished runner-up in the European Junior Chess Championship. 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.
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. Asked what his best game was Greenfeld unhesitatingly replied: "My game against G.M. Boyce at Jersey 2004"
Alon Greenfeld played for Israel in five Chess Olympiads.
Greenfeld was awarded the titles of International Master in 1983 and Grandmaster in 1989.