I will express my opinion. Specifically, I have no objections to draws. If such a result is optional, no one can force players to play strictly for victory. The other question is how it was done: 10 characters 11 characters In my personal opinion, this is the height of disrespect towards the organizer and a slap in the face to the 4th player. Recently, Vitaly seems to have gotten carried away with his cynical and mocking comments; he used to be more modest. And Lebron and Darkello are also not adding points to their karma. If there is such an urge to arrange a fake draw (and the tournament has just started, so there's plenty of time), then you could first ask the organizer, then calmly sort out the situation, and if the organizer doesn't mind such withdrawals, explain that due to certain reasons, it is impossible to play (for example, going on a long vacation), and since the opponents and the organizer agree, we post a draw without playing. Sorry for the inconvenience. Something like that. But here, neither the organizer nor Toganash was asked. And since the tournament itself is positioned as the Champions League (games of the strongest players), with regulations implying many beautiful and spectacular games, and the organizer put in a lot of effort, organized a prize fund from his own funds, at least the required matches must be played. At least as a sign of "thank you." Well, and of course, the final decision rests with the organizer, not with AK.