| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Bronstein vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 10 |
1968 |
Ch URS (team) | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 2. A Kakageldyev vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 47 |
1972 |
Olympiad URS | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 3. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1983 |
URS-ch50 Moscow ;URS-ch | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 4. Granda-Zuniga vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1987 |
Zagreb izt 04 | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 5. Petursson vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1988 |
Belgrade (Yugoslavia) | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 6. Hort vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1989 |
Biel | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 7. I Sokolov vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 48 |
1989 |
It (open) | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 8. M Gurevich vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1989 |
New York op | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 9. Hort vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1989 |
Biel 48/(722) | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 10. H Olafsson vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1989 |
New 4 | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 11. A Rodriguez vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 55 |
1989 |
Palma de Mallorca (G | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 12. H Olafsson vs Polugaevsky |
 | ½-½ | 22 |
1990 |
Reykjavik op | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 13. Bareev vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 59 |
1992 |
Hastings | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 14. Zsuzsa Polgar vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 65 |
1993 |
Monaco rapid | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 15. C Crouch vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1993 |
Hastings | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 16. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 61 |
1993 |
07, Monaco rapid ;EXP 34 | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 17. Winants vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1993 |
Antwerpen (Belgium) | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |