I would have really liked to play against him, as I consider him the strongest opponent in the group.
Here's the chat log:
[23:40:51] positive, haven't seen you around lately. Are you planning to continue playing in the tournaments?
[23:40:59] No, I'm not.
[23:41:05] I'm just finishing up the World Championship.
[23:41:21] positive, what's up? Why not?
[23:41:40] Samurai, because the game takes up a lot of time, and there's no point.
Considering that Alessandro agreed not to play against me (which I also regret, because I wanted to punish the arrogant guy in a game according to tournament rules, and he kept offering to play "600+300"), and we drew with Los (as I already wrote here), I've played all my games. In case of a tie with Los, I will acknowledge him as being higher in the tournament standings (given the current situation in the game).