| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Geller vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 2. B Milic vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1958 |
Zagreb | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 3. Nezhmetdinov vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 53 |
1961 |
Rostov | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 4. Geller vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 31 |
1961 |
USSR | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 5. A Matanovic vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1965 |
USSR/Yugoslavia-tm V | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 6. Rolland vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1966 |
Le Havre 24/ (0.1) | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 7. F Kuijpers vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 45 |
1966 |
Beverwijk | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 8. Boleslavsky vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1967 |
Olympiad URS | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 9. V S Korensky vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 34 |
1967 |
USSR | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 10. Tseshkovsky vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1969 |
? | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 11. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1972 |
Moscow | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 12. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1974 |
Moscow cqf ;CAND | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 13. Tseshkovsky vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1974 |
Sochi | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 14. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1974 |
Moscow cqf ;CAND | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 15. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 40 |
1974 |
Moscow cqf ;CAND | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 16. Kupreichik vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1974 |
Leningrad URS ch | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 17. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 49 |
1974 |
Moscow cqf ;CAND | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 18. A Matanovic vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1977 |
Moscow | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |