The very name Yama-Darma speaks volumes. He was a very knowledgeable and enlightened person. Vova and I communicated a lot via ICQ about various esoteric topics... although perhaps not as much as we could have. Sometimes I would even mentally rehearse a possible dialogue with him, anticipating a future meeting that I looked forward to, but which kept getting postponed and never happened.
Seeing him in the tournament bracket, I was already looking forward to the pleasure of reading his future game reports – always very vivid and engaging.