| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Novopashin vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6 |
| 2. V Liavdansky vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 55 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B58 Sicilian |
| 3. Nezhmetdinov vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B30 Sicilian |
| 4. Polugaevsky vs N Gusev |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1954 |
Tournament | A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation |
| 5. Polugaevsky vs N Gusev |
| 0-1 | 72 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | E61 King's Indian |
| 6. Bondarevsky vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B41 Sicilian, Kan |
| 7. Cherepkov vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 21 |
1954 |
Tournament | A04 Reti Opening |
| 8. Polugaevsky vs A Khasin |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 |
| 9. Polugaevsky vs G Borisenko |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 10. Polugaevsky vs Lutikov |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1954 |
ch-RSFSR | A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 |
| 11. M Yudovich Sr. vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 12. Vasiukov vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1955 |
URS-chT sf | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 13. Polugaevsky vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 57 |
1956 |
USSR Championship | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 14. Korchnoi vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 35 |
1956 |
Tbilisi | D29 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 15. Krogius vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 51 |
1956 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 16. Korchnoi vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1956 |
USSR Championship | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 17. G Borisenko vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1956 |
USSR Championship | A61 Benoni |
| 18. Polugaevsky vs H Liebert |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1956 |
Upsala | A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 |
| 19. Polugaevsky vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1956 |
Ch URS | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
| 20. Polugaevsky vs Averbakh |
| 0-1 | 32 |
1956 |
USSR Championship | E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 21. Gurgenidze vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1956 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack |
| 22. Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1958 |
Sochi 28th RSFSR ch | A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 |
| 23. Taimanov vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1958 |
Semi-Finals USSR Ch | B08 Pirc, Classical |
| 24. Averbakh vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1958 |
USSR Championship | A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System |
| 25. Bronstein vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1958 |
USSR Championship | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
