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Alon Greenfeld

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Alon Greenfeld ( ; 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. 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. 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 . In 1982, at first reserve board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+3 −1 =3); In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+6 −1 =6); In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4 −5 =4); In 1990, at fourth board in the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad (+5 −2 =4); In 1994, at fourth board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+4 −2 =3). Greenfeld was awarded the titles of International Master (IM) in 1983 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1989. Referring to untitled player G.1

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