Appeals Committee. Disputed situations in tournaments.

I received a fair comment regarding the work of the AK: there is no information on the forum about what we are doing and whether we are actually doing anything... Therefore, I prepared a report on the activities of the AK over the past 2.5 months since its election. And in the future, for each issue that has been resolved, we will post a brief summary in this thread.

The work of the AK is an absolutely new endeavor for everyone. No one provided us with any legacy or accumulated experience. Therefore, we had to spend a lot of time on organizational work.

1st issue. We reviewed a controversial situation in the Team Tournament. At that moment, the AK was still being formed.
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... I ask players Pit for LM, Scorp, LeBron, Mizrael (members of the council) and Dirty_Player (the person helping with organizing tournaments) to help me in case of emergency. In the event of a controversial situation in private matches, you will inform me of your decision, as there are 5 votes, so I will make a decision based on the majority vote.
... The deadline for the final is two weeks, until June 7 inclusive.

The deadline for the final was missed. By the end of the tournament, only one out of three matches had been played. On the morning of June 8, one of the finalists contacted me (the tournament organizer was not online on the forum or ICQ for several days) and suggested entering technical results for the unplayed matches.
I contacted Scorp, LeBron, and Dirty_Player via ICQ (Mizrael was unavailable), discussed the situation, and unanimously made a decision, which was supported by the organizer later that day.
Analyzing this simple situation took half of my working day because I had to contact the other participants in the discussion twice and conduct a vote. Therefore, it was logical ->

2nd issue. Organizing interaction between AK members. My vague and utopian dreams of an easy life were realized by LeBron. He fully provided us with the technical means to communicate without having to track each other down on ICQ. Currently, AK members communicate on the forum of a resource independent of ХВ. For each issue, a separate thread is organized where everyone can express their opinion (at a time convenient for them) and vote.

3rd issue. Formulating a rule for resolving disputes regarding suspicions of unfair play. I proposed a draft version of the Rule, which was amended and supplemented by all AK members. The result is in this thread.

4th issue. A controversial situation in the Best Tournament involving setting technical results. Information was provided to the AK by the tournament organizers. 6 members of the AK participated in the discussion. The decision of the tournament organizers was supported.

5th issue. "Training" review of an accepted save file from a suspicious match according to the new rule. It was conducted at the suggestion of one of the AK members. The verdict is not guilty. The case is closed; the players have been informed, and no information about it will be provided to anyone.

Currently, the AK is reviewing save files from several suspicious matches. There is a lot of work to do, and analyzing and reporting on the matches requires time and attention. Many of our forum users are aware of where the open discussion of some of these save files takes place. Any member of the AK can provide a link to those who wish. A decision on these issues will be made, and a brief summary will be posted in this thread.