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Wicc beat me to it. But I'll add my thoughts (I think many will agree). Those who watched the online broadcasts until late at night (like me) are now, to put it mildly, "confused" (shocked, in Russian). This is not the way to do things; what was the point of playing at all? Everyone understands force majeure – that's real life, but this... Let Maretti withdraw too, claiming that the tournament didn't determine the strongest player. And then what??? Should all the results be annulled? Interest in the tournament will fade...