Interzonal qualifiers were joined by Jussupow and Timman (from the last cycle). Karpov (reigning Champion) was seeded directly into the finals.

Quarterfinals and semi-finals were 'best of 8 games', the finals were 'best of 10 games'.
In case of ties, 2-game mini matches (at rapid time controls) were played until the decision.

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At the finals in Hyderabad, Rustam Kamsky (Gata's father) was again in charge for the off-the-board entertainment. He accused the organizers of conspiring with Campomanes and Kasparov(?!) to make his son's life as difficult as possible during the match. It went so far that the organizer responded that they will never ever organize another event in which Kamsky participates.

Rustam Kamsky was eventually fined by FIDE for his behaviour.
Kamsky and Karpov qualified for the FIDE World Championship.