| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. V Liavdansky vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 55 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B58 Sicilian |
| 2. Nezhmetdinov vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 34 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B30 Sicilian |
| 3. Boleslavsky vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B56 Sicilian |
| 4. Zagorovsky vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 26 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 |
| 5. M Yudovich Sr. vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 6. Bondarevsky vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B41 Sicilian, Kan |
| 7. A Sidorov vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 52 |
1954 |
URS-chT | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 8. Lepichin vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 32 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 9. Geller vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 10. Aleksandrov vs Polugaevsky |
 | 0-1 | 68 |
1954 |
URS-chT | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 11. Krogius vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 14 |
1954 |
Ch Russia | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 12. Novopashin vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6 |
| 13. Vasiukov vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 47 |
1955 |
URS-chT sf | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 14. Vasiukov vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1955 |
Moscow | B40 Sicilian |
| 15. Tolush vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1956 |
Leningrad Ch URS | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 16. Gufeld vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 23 |
1956 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 17. Byvshev vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 74 |
1956 |
Ch URS | B57 Sicilian |
| 18. Krogius vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 51 |
1956 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 19. Tal vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1956 |
Leningrad ch-SU | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 20. Boleslavsky vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 55 |
1956 |
Leningrad ch-SU | B56 Sicilian |
| 21. M Mukhitdinov vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 66 |
1957 |
Sverdlovsk | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 22. Korchnoi vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1957 |
Sverdlovsk | B50 Sicilian |
| 23. Gipslis vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1957 |
Sverdlovsk | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 24. J Yuchtman vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1957 |
URS-ch sf | B40 Sicilian |
| 25. Korchnoi vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1958 |
Sochi | B94 Sicilian, Najdorf |