Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei:
1987 World Championship cycle, lea na ia ausia ai le faaiʻuga o le Candidates Tournament. Ina ua uma ona agavaa e ala i le Interzonal ma le Round-robin Candidates Tournament, na ia manumalo ai i taʻaloga faasaga ia Rafael Vaganian (6<unk>2), ma Artur Yusupov (71⁄2<unk>61⁄2). Peitaʻi, i le taaloga faaiʻu, na toʻilalo ai o ia iā Anatoly Karpov, 31⁄2<unk>71⁄2. Ina ua uma ona ia faatoilaloina Karpov i Bugojno i le 1986, na ia lagona ai o lona lagona i luma o le taʻaloga na sili atu ona mautinoa ma faamatalaina lona toilalo o le "matua tele".