| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. P F Schmidt vs Bogoljubov |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1943 |
Salzburg | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 2. Denker vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 43 |
1946 |
Moscow tt | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 3. Botvinnik vs Reshevsky |
 | 0-1 | 42 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 4. B H Wood vs F Parr |
 | 0-1 | 21 |
1950 |
British CC Ch -51 | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 5. M Mukhitdinov vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 49 |
1951 |
Tashkent m | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 6. Geller vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 54 |
1953 |
Zurich Candidates | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 7. Kujoth vs Berliner |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1953 |
US Open | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 8. P Voiculescu vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1954 |
Bucharest | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 9. Szabo vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 36 |
1956 |
Alekhine Memorial | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 10. S Dittmann vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 25 |
1956 |
Dresden it | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 11. Cherepkov vs Korchnoi |
 | 0-1 | 30 |
1959 |
Leningrad | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 12. Szabo vs Portisch |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1959 |
Ungarn | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 13. M Napolitano vs E Secchi |
| 0-1 | 54 |
1959 |
3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 14. M Damjanovic vs L Lengyel |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1960 |
Leipzig ol (Men) | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 15. O Martius vs Unzicker |
| 0-1 | 39 |
1961 |
GER-ch TT (final) | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 16. I Aloni vs A Matanovic |
| 0-1 | 48 |
1966 |
Tel-Aviv it | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 17. G Geotgelvek vs L Spassov |
| 0-1 | 49 |
1966 |
Orebro Stud olm prelim5 | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 18. S Witkowski vs W Schmidt |
| 0-1 | 23 |
1967 |
Rubinstein mem | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 19. V Nevole vs Kozak |
| 0-1 | 62 |
1968 |
corr ch CZE | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 20. Balashov vs Antoshin |
| 0-1 | 34 |
1972 |
Moscow 5' | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 21. Igor Ivanov vs Yusupov |
| 0-1 | 50 |
1978 |
Ch URS (1 liga) | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 22. Timman vs Polugaevsky |
 | 0-1 | 22 |
1983 |
Tilburg | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 23. Chekhov vs A Sokolov |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1984 |
URS-ch51 | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 24. Remlinger vs Larsen |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1986 |
Reykjavik op | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 25. Yusupov vs Karpov |
 | 0-1 | 60 |
1989 |
candidates | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |