Tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - E faalua ona agavaa o ia mo le Taamilosaga a Sui Tauva mo le Ipu a le Lalolagi o le Chess. I le 1988 Candidates Tournament mo le 1990 Classical Chess World Championship
na faatoilaloina o ia i le taamilosaga o le 16 (o le uluai taaloga) e Jan Timman (+0−1=5). I le Candidates Tournament mo le 1996 FIDE World Chess Championship na ia manumalo ai i ana uluaʻi taʻaloga e lua faasaga ia Alexander Khalifman (+4−0=2) ma Jan Timman (+2−1=5) e oʻo atu ai i le kuata faʻaiʻu, lea na faatoilaloina ai o ia e Gata Kamsky (+0−4=3).