| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. Taimanov vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 115 |
1956 |
USSR Championship | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 27. Sliwa vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1956 |
Dresden it | E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation |
| 28. Botvinnik vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 57 |
1956 |
Training Game | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 29. Uhlmann vs Averbakh |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1956 |
Dresden | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 30. Kholmov vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1956 |
Dresden it | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 31. Polugaevsky vs Averbakh |
| 0-1 | 32 |
1956 |
USSR Championship | E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 32. W Golz vs Averbakh |
| 0-1 | 27 |
1956 |
Dresden it | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 33. Bronstein vs Averbakh |
 | 1-0 | 37 |
1957 |
Moscow | E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 |
| 34. Botvinnik vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1957 |
Training Game | E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 35. Furman vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 34 |
1958 |
USSR Championship | E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 |
| 36. Petrosian vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1958 |
Portoroz Interzonal | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 37. Bannik vs Averbakh |
 | 0-1 | 57 |
1958 |
USSR Championship | E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 |
| 38. Kotov vs Averbakh |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1958 |
USSR Championship | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 39. Gligoric vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1958 |
Portoroz Interzonal | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 40. Bronstein vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1958 |
Portoroz Interzonal | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 41. Tolush vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 67 |
1958 |
USSR Championship | E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 |
| 42. Taimanov vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1959 |
USSR | E20 Nimzo-Indian |
| 43. Taimanov vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1959 |
USSR Championship | E20 Nimzo-Indian |
| 44. Polugaevsky vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1959 |
USSR Championship | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 45. Gurgenidze vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 58 |
1959 |
USSR Championship | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 46. Geller vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1960 |
USSR Championship | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 47. R Stalley vs Averbakh |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1960 |
AUS-ch | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
| 48. B Vladimirov vs Averbakh |
| 0-1 | 20 |
1961 |
USSR Championship 1961b | E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad |
| 49. A Khasin vs Averbakh |
| 0-1 | 75 |
1961 |
USSR Championship 1961a | E27 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 50. G Borisenko vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1961 |
USSR Championship 1961a | E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 |