Alon Greenfeld

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Alon Greenfeld (Hebrew: אלון גרינפלד‎; born 17 April 1964, New York City) is an Israeli chess grandmaster (GM).

As of April 2007, 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 Sub-Champion.

Alon Greenfeld played for Israel in five Chess Olympiads.

  • In 1982, at first reserve board in the 25th Olympiad in Lucerne (+3 −1 =3);
  • In 1984, at second board in the 26th Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+6 −1 =6);
  • In 1988, at first board in the 28th Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4 −5 =4);
  • In 1990, at fourth board in the 29th Olympiad in Novi Sad (+5 −2 =4);
  • In 1994, at fourth board in the 31st Olympiad in Moscow (+4 −2 =3).[1]

His best individual achievement was a victory at Pardubice 1993.[2]

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Greenfeld, Alon team chess record at olimpbase.org
  2. ^ Chessmetrics Player Profile: Alon Greenfeld

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