Ela Pitam (born 10 February 1977) is an Israeli chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1997).

Her best result was 3rd place in 1994 in the European Girls' Chess Championship U18 in Chania.

In 1998, in Dresden she shared first place with the Women's World Chess Championship zone tournament.

[2] Pitam participated in Women's World Chess Championship knock-out tournament in 2000 in New Delhi and lost Ekaterina Kovalevskaya in the 1st round.

In 2001 in Tel-Aviv she shared the third place in the International Women's Chess tournament (won Ildikó Mádl).