Grischuk won the blitz playoff by 1½--½ to advance to the final, where he faced 2009 Chess World Cup winner Boris Gelfand for the right to play Viswanathan Anand for the World Championship.
Grischuk won the blitz playoff by 1½--½ to advance to the final. In the final, he faced 2009 Chess World Cup winner Boris Gelfand for the right to play Viswanathan Anand in 2012 for the World Championship.