Yehuda Gruenfeld (Hebrew: יהודה גרינפלד; born 18 February 1956) is an Israeli chess player, who holds the title of grandmaster.

In 1974, Gruenfeld won the Israeli championship for youth players.

Gruenfeld is deaf, but is able to speak, however hoarsely, and can read lips.

He played in 5 Olympiads (from 2010 to 2018) on the first board for the International Chess Committee of the Deaf team.

[3][4] This is an example of his sharp tactical acumen, against the future grandmaster Murray Chandler, who later included it in his own book “How to Beat Your Dad at Chess, position 105: Murray G Chandler vs Yehuda Gruenfeld, Lone Pine, R7, 2 April 1979: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.f4 Qb6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.d5 Nd7 8.Na4 Qc7 9.Bd2 Ngf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Rc1 cxd5 12.cxd5 Qb8 13.b4 b5 14.Nc3 a6 15.O-O Nb6 16.a4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.Rb1 a5 19.b5 Nd7 20.Qc2 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Rfc8 22.Ng5 h6 23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.h3 h5 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.Kh2 Bd4 27.g3 Rh8+ 28.Kg2 Bg1!!