@bufferunderrun said in #5:
> Regarding "anti-chess" rules, I hope you are aware that FIDE laws of chess allow this, right?
> But sure, this should be added to the Swiss FAQ.
The current FIDE rules are commercialized and far from the ideal of fair play, but even they allow the organizers of a particular competition to limit the offers of draws - rather than prohibit all players from offering draws. The difference is huge.
In addition, if really try to comply with the rules of FIDE, why not forbid, for example, premoves?
Any restrictions that prevent two players from independently determining the result of the game at the board - are anti-chess. For many years of my chess career, I have never played in a tournament with anti-chess rules. And I'm not going to do it in future - fortunately, in offline restrictions on draws are still optional. Those who do not like to play in tournaments according to anti-chess rules - they play in normal tournaments.
If Lichess has firmly decided to apply the anti-chess rule to all Swiss tournaments, it is simply disrespectful to all strong players. Something like: "in tournaments, you play too skillfully and judiciously, so we decided to force you to play meaningless and nervous games with unpredictable results against your will."