1988-90 Candidates Tournament
In addition to nine players from the Interzonals, the top four of the previous Candidates Tournament (Sokolov, Timman, Vaganian, and Yusupov) qualified directly for this tournament. The Canadian organizers of the preliminary matches (which were held in Saint John, New Brunswick) nominated one player, (Spraggett). Finally, Karpov, the challenger in the previous cycle, was seeded into the quarterfinals.
| Preliminary matches Saint John, Jan-Feb 1988 |
Quarterfinals Antwerp, London, Quebec, and Seattle, Aug 1988 - Feb 1989 |
Semifinals London, Oct 1989 |
Final Kuala Lumpur, Mar 1990 |
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| Lajos Portisch | 3½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Rafael Vaganian | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lajos Portisch | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan Timman | 3½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Valery Salov | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan Timman | 3½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan Timman | 4½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jon Speelman | 3½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jon Speelman | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yasser Seirawan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jon Speelman | 3½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigel Short | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigel Short | 3½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Gyula Sax | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan Timman | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Anatoly Karpov | 6½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Artur Yusupov | 3½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jaan Ehlvest | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Artur Yusupov | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Spraggett | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Spraggett | 6½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrei Sokolov | 5½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Artur Yusupov | 3½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Anatoly Karpov | 4½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jóhann Hjartarson | 4½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Viktor Korchnoi | 3½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jóhann Hjartarson | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Anatoly Karpov | 3½ | |||||||||||||||||
Karpov won, once again facing Kasparov for the fifth and final time in seven years.
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