Alon Greenfeld is an Israel

Israel

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Chess

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 grandmaster (GM).

, his Elo rating was 2557, making him the # 12 player in Israel and the 286th-highest rated player in the world. His peak rating was 2610 in 1994.

In 1982, he was European Junior

European Junior Chess Championship

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 Sub-Champion.

More recently, Alon has concentrated in the fields of chess coaching

Coach (sport)

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. His most famous pupil has been Emil Sutovsky

Emil Sutovsky

Emil Sutovsky is an Israeli chess Grandmaster. He is one of the several top chess grandmasters who were born in Baku, Azerbaijan .-Successes:...

 (ironically, Emil himself is now [2008] working as a second for Gata Kamsky). 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 GM Boyce at Jersey 2004."

Alon Greenfeld played for Israel in five Chess Olympiads.

• In 1982, at first reserve board in the 25th Chess Olympiad
  25th Chess Olympiad
  The 25th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 29 and November 16, 1982, in Lucerne, Switzerland.-References:...
  
   in Lucerne (+3 −1 =3);
• In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad
  26th Chess Olympiad
  The 26th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 18 and December 5, 1984, in Thessaloniki, Greece.-References:...
  
   in Thessaloniki (+6 −1 =6);
• In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olympiad
  28th Chess Olympiad
  The 28th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 12 and November 30, 1988, in Thessaloniki, Greece.-References:...
  
   in Thessaloniki (+4 −5 =4);
• In 1990, at fourth board in the 29th Chess Olympiad
  29th Chess Olympiad
  The 29th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 16 and December 4, 1990, in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.-References:...
  
   in Novi Sad (+5 −2 =4);
• In 1994, at fourth board in the 31st Chess Olympiad
  31st Chess Olympiad
  The 31st Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between November 30 and December 17, 1994, in Moscow, Russia.- Chess competition :...
  
   in Moscow (+4 −2 =3).

His best individual achievement was a victory at Pardubice 1993.

Greenfeld was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1983, and the GM title in 1989.

External links

• Alon Greenfeld in bidmonfa.com