| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. A Lein vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 36 |
1966 |
Tbilisi ch-SU | A36 English |
| 2. R Etruk vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 34 |
1966 |
Ch URS (team) | A37 English, Symmetrical |
| 3. Damnjanovic vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1966 |
Beverwijk | A32 English, Symmetrical Variation |
| 4. Botvinnik vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 55 |
1967 |
Russia | A30 English, Symmetrical |
| 5. G Barcza vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1967 |
La Habana | A37 English, Symmetrical |
| 6. Keres vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1968 |
Team ch URS ( 1/2 ) | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 7. Keres vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1968 |
USSR | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 8. Reshevsky vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1970 |
Izt | A32 English, Symmetrical Variation |
| 9. E Jimenez-Zerguera vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1970 |
Izt | A32 English, Symmetrical Variation |
| 10. Vaganian vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1971 |
URS-ch39 Leningrad | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 11. H Ree vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 32 |
1972 |
Amsterdam IBM | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 12. Anikaev vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1972 |
Kislovodsk | A32 English, Symmetrical Variation |
| 13. M Ruderfer vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 25 |
1975 |
USSR | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 14. M Bertok vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 44 |
1976 |
Vinkovci | A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation |
| 15. Bagirov vs Polugaevsky |
 | 0-1 | 38 |
1977 |
URS ch 24/69 | A33 English, Symmetrical |
| 16. Larsen vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1978 |
Lone Pine (0.25) | A37 English, Symmetrical |
| 17. Adorjan vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 11 |
1979 |
Izt | A36 English |
| 18. Timman vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1979 |
Match | A30 English, Symmetrical |
| 19. Timman vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1979 |
Breda m | A30 English, Symmetrical |
| 20. Adorjan vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 10 |
1979 |
Izt (cat.12) | A36 English |
| 21. Timman vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1979 |
Breda m | A33 English, Symmetrical |
| 22. H Ree vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 11 |
1979 |
Wijk aan Zee I | A36 English |
| 23. Ulf Andersson vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 14 |
1979 |
Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 24. Timman vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1979 |
Breda m | A35 English, Symmetrical |
| 25. G Kuzmin vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 54 |
1979 |
Riga izt | A30 English, Symmetrical |