Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Grischuk akapedza wechitatu mu2008-10 FIDE Grand Prix, achimukodzera semumwe wekutanga mumakwikwi e2012 World Chess Championship
kutenderera. Pakubva kwenhamba yepasi rose 2 Magnus Carlsen kubva mumakwikwi evamiriri, Grischuk akasarudzwa kuti atore nzvimbo yake. Mumakwikwi e2011 mumakwikwi, Grischuk akaiswa 6th kunze kwevatambi vasere, uye akatarisana naLevon Aronian mumutambo wokutanga. Mushure mekuparadzanisa mitambo mina yenguva dzose 2<unk>2, Grischuk akakunda playoff inokurumidza 21⁄2<unk>11⁄2 kuti aende kumasemifinals, kwaakatarisana nenyika No. 4 uye aimbova World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. Grischuk akahwina blitz playoff ne 11⁄2 <unk>1⁄2 kuti aende kumagumo, uko akatarisana na2009 Chess World Cup anokunda Boris Gelfand nekodzero yekutamba Viswanathan Anand yeWorld Championship. Mushure mokunge vatamba zvishanu, Gelfand akakunda mutambo wokupedzisira kuti akunde mutambo, 31⁄2 <unk> 21⁄2.