Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Semunhu akapedzisa mumakwikwi e2010 world championship cycle, Kamsky akapihwa kupinda zvakananga kune vatambi vasere Vanokwikwidza Tournament kuti vaone mukwikwidzi weWorld Chess Championship 2012
. Mutambo wevakwikwidzi wakatanga neakanakisa-e-mana mutambo mutambo fomati muna Chivabvu 2011 muKazan, naKamsky akatarisana naVeselin Topalov mumakota ekupedzisira. Nekukunda kudivi revatema rekudzivirira kweGruenfeld mumutambo wechipiri, Kamsky akabata kuti akunde Topalov yepamusoro-soro 21⁄2 <unk> 11⁄2 kuti aende kumasemifainari. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, akatarisana ne2009 Chess World Cup shasha Boris Gelfand mumutambo wekudzokorora musangano wavo we2007 Candidates tournament yakakundwa naGelfand. Pashure pemitambo mina, mutambo wacho wakanga wakaenzana pa 2<unk>2, ne tiebreaks dzinokurumidza kusarudza mukundi musi waMay 16. Mumitambo yekukurumidza, Kamsky akakunda mutambo wechitatu nevatema kuti atungamire 2 × 1 uye aida chete dhizaini nemuchena mumutambo wekupedzisira wekukurumidza kuti afambire kumagumo. Zvisinei, Gelfand akahwina nevatema kumanikidza blitz playoff, iyo yaakakunda 2<unk>0 kubvisa Kamsky uye kusvika kumagumo eVatsvaga.