Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - ọrụ Sokolov kachasị elu bụ 1987 World Championship cycle
, ebe ọ ruru agba nke ikpeazụ nke asọmpi ndị na-aga ime asọmpi. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ site na asọmpi Interzonal na Round-robin Candidates Tournament, o meriri egwuregwu megide Rafael Vaganian (6<unk>2), na Artur Yusupov (71⁄2<unk>61⁄2). Agbanyeghị, na njedebe ọ tufuru Anatoly Karpov, 31⁄2 <unk> 71⁄2. Ebe o meriri Karpov na Bugojno 1986, o chere na ọnọdụ ya tupu egwuregwu ahụ nwere nchekwube ma kọwaa mmeri ya dị ka "oké njọ".