Ron Schwartz is an Israeli

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player ranked as a World Life Master by the

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. First appearing in international competition at the 1st World Junior Individual Championships in New York in 2004 where he placed 61st, Schwartz' bridge career progressed at the 20th European Youth Team Championships held in Riccione, Italy in 2005 where, as a member of the Israeli junior team in the ''Schools'' division, he placed second. In 2008, Schwartz began a partnership with

Lotan Fisher Lotan Fisher is an Israeli bridge player ranked as a World Life Master by the World Bridge Federation. He first appeared in international competition at the 18th European Youth Team Championships in Torquay in 2002 where his schools division team ...

which brought them progressive prominence in junior teams and junior pairs world competitions through to 2011, including several first-place finishes. In 2011, Schwartz and Fisher won the World Transnational Open Team Championship. Subsequently, they entered European-based open team competitions with continued success as members of the Israeli team, including six top ten finishes. In May 2016, the

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imposed bans on both players for cheating; this was followed by additional sanctions by the

American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain th ...

(ACBL) and the Israeli Bridge Federation (IBF).

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

* World Series Championships – Junior Teams (1) 2010 * European Youth Team Championships – Junior Teams (1) 2011 * World Team Championships – Transnational Teams (1) 2011 * Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 2012 * European Team Championships – Open Teams (1) 2014 *

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

(1) **

Spingold The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world. T ...

(1) 2014 (note: title stripped by ACBL)

Runners-up

* European Youth Team Championships – Schools Teams (1) 2005 * European Youth Team Championships – Junior Teams (1) 2009 * World Bridge Games – Junior Pairs (1) 2008

Cheating scandal

After accusations of cheating in the 2015

team event, Schwartz and his teammate

were banned from all

events in May 2016 by its Disciplinary Commission for a period of five years, and banned from playing as a partnership for life. In 2017, Schwartz and Fisher were permanently banned from the Israeli Bridge Federation. In July 2018, Schwartz and Fisher were expelled from the

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, Ron Living people Israeli contract bridge players Year of birth missing (living people)