Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Grischuk ya gama na uku a cikin 2008-10 FIDE Grand Prix, wanda ya cancanci shi a matsayin na farko na maye gurbin Gasar 'Yan takara na 2012
Gasar Gasar Duniya ta Chess. Bayan ficewar lambar duniya ta 2 Magnus Carlsen daga gasar 'yan takara, an nada Grischuk don maye gurbinsa. A gasar 'yan takara ta 2011, Grischuk ya kasance na shida daga cikin' yan wasa takwas, kuma ya fuskanci Levon Aronian a zagaye na farko. Bayan raba wasanni huɗu na yau da kullun 2<unk>2, Grischuk ya ci nasara cikin sauri 21⁄2<unk>11⁄2 don ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, inda ya fuskanci lambar duniya ta 4 da kuma tsohon Gwarzon Duniya Vladimir Kramnik. Grischuk ya lashe wasan da aka buga da sauri da 11⁄2 <unk>1⁄2 don ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe, inda ya fuskanci 2009 Chess World Cup mai nasara Boris Gelfand don samun damar buga Viswanathan Anand don Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Bayan wasan kwaikwayo biyar, Gelfand ya lashe wasan karshe don lashe wasan, 31⁄2 <unk> 21⁄2.