Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - basa raSokolov rakanyanya kuve 1987 World Championship cycle
, kwaakasvika mufainari yeCandidates Tournament. Mushure mekukwanisa kuburikidza neInterzonal uye round-robin Candidates Tournament, akakunda mitambo kurwisa Rafael Vaganian (6<unk>2), naArtur Yusupov (71⁄2<unk>61⁄2). Zvisinei, mumutambo wokupedzisira, akarasikirwa naAnatoliy Karpov, 31⁄2<unk>71⁄2. Akanga akunda Karpov paBugojno muna 1986, akanzwa kuti mafungiro ake asati atamba akanga akafara zvikuru uye akarondedzera kukundwa kwake se"kunorwadza zvikuru".