Artem Boykov, also known as KobRa, has passed away.

I remembered the matches with Cobra at the CIS championships. In Kyiv in 2010, I had my shortest match at these competitions. We played for a couple of hours and then went to an apartment to have lunch and drink beer. While it was happening, we discussed the development (I started quickly there), and Cobra surrendered like a good sport. For the rest of the day, we just had fun and played poker. In Yekaterinburg in 2012, I had my longest match in real life without a break. At first, it was even, then I gained an advantage, Cobra ran off to complain, and with his skill, he managed to win the match. We started at 10 am and finished at 7 am the next day. We woke up Predsa, who had been watching almost until the end, and went to discuss what had happened – we didn't want to sleep, and we talked for another hour... We agreed that we were heroes maniacs :D