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 the win.
Another question is how it was done:
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In my personal opinion, this is the height of disrespect towards the organizer and a slap in the face to the fourth 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 – they also don't add anything positive to their karma.
If there is such an urge to arrange a fictitious draw (and the tournament has just started, and there is plenty of time), then you can first ask the organizer, then calmly sort out the situation, and if the organizer does not object to 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 0-0 draw without playing. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Something like that.
But here, neither the organizer nor Toganash were 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 a lot of effort into organizing a prize fund from his own funds, at least the scheduled matches must be played. At least as a sign of "thank you".

Well, and of course, the final decision rests with the organizers, not with the AK.