Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei parakalafa - Grischuk na maeʻa lona tolu i le 2008-10 FIDE Grand Prix, agavaʻa o ia o le muamua sui mo le Candidates Tournament o le 2012 World Chess Championship
faataamilosaga. Ina ua alu ese Magnus Carlsen mai le tauvaga, na tofia ai Grischuk e suitulaga iā te ia. I le tauvaga a sui tauva i le 2011, o Grischuk o le 6th mai le toavalu tagata taaalo, ma na feagai ma Levon Aronian i le taamilosaga muamua. Ina ua uma ona vaeluaina le fa taaloga masani 2<unk>2, Grischuk manumalo i le vave playoff 21⁄2<unk>11⁄2 e alualu i luma i le semifinals, lea na ia feagai lalolagi Nu 4 ma muamua Lalolagi siamupini Vladimir Kramnik. Na manumalo Grischuk i le taʻaloga puʻupuʻu e 11⁄2 <unk> 1⁄2 e alu ai i le taʻamilosaga mulimuli, lea na ia feagai ai ma le 2009 Chess World Cup manumalo Boris Gelfand mo le aia tatau e taʻalo ai ma Viswanathan Anand mo le World Championship. Ina ua uma le lima taʻaloga, na manumalo Gelfand i le taʻaloga mulimuli e manumalo ai i le taʻaloga, 31⁄2 <unk> 21⁄2.