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

I also support the initiative to collect money for the family. We need to find out the details and spread the information as much as possible so that everyone who wants to can help. It's a pity that we didn't know about his illness earlier; maybe there was some way to help him even while he was still alive, or even cure him... It's very sad...

He really didn't want to talk about his illness. There was hope, but we probably couldn't help him anymore, and certainly not with money. He did everything he could to fight his illness until the end, even moving to Israel, where he could receive the most qualified help! But medicine turned out to be powerless against such terrible diseases.

We communicated with them after Vova's death, and the topic was: if any support is needed, just say so; many Heroes players would be honored to help. He replied at that time: "Vova's family needs it more now; we can handle it ourselves for now..."

I wrote to his wife about my desire to help and provide the details. Perhaps AtG, his close friend, can help you better here!
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In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, a week ago, I noticed that Cobra hadn't appeared on the forum or streams for a long time, and he was last active on VK a very long time ago. I wrote to him, but there was no response. And this Sunday, a premonition began to gnaw at me... "something happened!" I wrote to his wife, Olga, and only the next day did I learn that we had lost him that weekend...

Yesterday, Vova Assorgin, today, Artem Boykov... and he was only 35! It's the most absurd and terrible thing to leave this world as a man in the prime of his life, when life has just begun: a loving family, children, a career... you want to live, enjoy it, create... But life is an unfair thing, it's heartbreaking...

I met Artem a long time ago... at the first tournaments for fixed versions in St. Petersburg, which Horn organized. Back in 2002, or 2004, I can't even remember. It was so long ago that I know my close friends for fewer years.



I always wondered, how can he play Heroes for so long and not get bored!? He was a top player back then, and even in his last days, when the level of play had grown unimaginably, he remained one of the best and most experienced! It's amazing! How much you have to love Heroes and how devoted you have to be to it for so many years. I wouldn't be able to...



I heard that in the last months of his life, he was advised to stop playing computer games, Heroes, etc. To which he said:

Artem 6:22
Thank you, Lyosha, I'm trying! I'm not giving up on Heroes, even though they told me to)) but I think you shouldn't give up on what really makes you happy and the circle of friends

That's the kind of love...

I will always remember you, "Zmey," not as "the second best," but as the first! One of my first and oldest friends in the Heroes community, who are somehow leaving us... so early!

I express my deepest condolences to the family and friends. May their memory be eternal!

I express my condolences to the family, loved ones, and friends.

In 2001, I went to "MIF" to see Manyak. In the first round, I was matched against a nice, thin (!) guy, a recent high school graduate. Nevertheless, I was the newcomer, while this was already not the first tournament for my opponent. We played a random map, face-to-face, as wizards (!!), and nobody knew anything about templates... I remember a lot from that game, which lasted all night, as if it were yesterday. That's how my career as a Heroes of Might and Magic 3 player and our friendship with Artem began, a friendship that neither political disagreements nor teasing about "Zenit will soon be in the Champions League" could shake. When I started organizing club championships myself, Kobra was one of the few who played in all of them without exception. And he came to all the CIS tournaments, except for the last one, and was always at the center of the events - heroic, football, poker.
Like Vik, I didn't suspect how bad things were. In the fall, we played chess on lichess, chatted in private messages - Artem didn't say a word about his problems. Therefore, I think we shouldn't delve into this topic now. Helping the family is a good thing, even if it's just a little - let the boys see how many friends their dad had.
Someday, the time will come, we will meet THERE, and I will say: "You had to hold on to second place here too! Couldn't you let the old man go ahead?" I know he won't be offended...

Someday, the time will come, we will meet THERE, and I will say: "You had to cling to second place even here! Couldn't you let the old man go ahead?" I know he won't be offended...

Let them have a hot seat battle with Yama for now. It won't be boring. And who knows, maybe a tournament will be organized...

It’s very sad that such young people are leaving us. May he rest in peace.

Humans are mortal – that’s the law of life. The old pass away, and the young, in their turn, grow old and also pass away...
But when the young pass away, there’s a certain injustice to it. It shouldn’t be this way. But it is. And diagnoses don’t really matter here... Although, there’s some kind of categorical injustice here too – the illness that happened to Tyoma primarily affects the elderly (the average age is 60-65)...
My dear Kobr-br! I can hardly imagine the CIS championship without you, and I honestly want to wake up now and have all of this be some kind of creepy, strange dream... And for it to be 2010, Kyiv, where we met in person... And for there to be the laughter that lasted from evening to morning at the poker table, as a result of which we were left without a voice... And for you to endlessly demonstrate your “Papal procrastination”... And to take your rightful second place...
I pray for the repose of your soul, for the mercy of the Almighty, for forgiveness and remission of sins, voluntary and involuntary. For the health of your entire family, for whom, I am sure, you will now become a Guardian Angel...
May the Kingdom of Heaven be yours, brother!

I will always remember you, “Snake,” not as a runner-up, but as the first!

I think there should be a photo of Artem with his gold medal here; such a photo exists! M200, St. Petersburg, February 2015.


May he rest in peace.

Wow... Cobra fell asleep... this is no longer a joke. It's genuinely heartbreaking.

I think a photo of Artem with his gold medal is missing here, and such a photo exists!
Rest in peace.

I lost to him in the final of the Hearthstone tournament in St. Petersburg, leading 2-0. He became the first!

Read the title of the thread and was stunned. This is not fair! Rest in peace, friend, we will always remember you.

Oh, Tyoma, Tyoma... ((( It's heartbreaking – the worst part is when a young guy passes away like that. Thank you for being with us – oh... may Tyomich rest in peace.

No words can express our sorrow, may they rest in peace.

So sad so young. Rest in peace.

My condolences to family and friends. We remember, we grieve!

May his memory be bright. My condolences to his family and friends.