| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Antoshin vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 53 |
1960 |
Moscow | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 2. Antoshin vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1960 |
URS-ch sf | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 3. Korchnoi vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 51 |
1960 |
Moscow CCCT | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 4. Hodos German vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1961 |
Rostov on Don (Russia) | E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 |
| 5. Korchnoi vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1961 |
URS-ch28 Moscow ,URS | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 6. Spassky vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 42 |
1961 |
Baku ch-SU | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 7. Furman vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1963 |
Ch URS | E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 8. Geller vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 57 |
1963 |
USSR | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 9. Furman vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1965 |
Tallin | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 10. Gligoric vs Polugaevsky |
 | 0-1 | 38 |
1965 |
URS-JUG | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 11. V Mikenas vs Polugaevsky |
 | 0-1 | 32 |
1965 |
Ch URS | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 12. A Khasin vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1965 |
Ch URS | E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) |
| 13. Szabo vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1966 |
Beverwijk | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 14. A Rodriguez vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1967 |
La Habana | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 15. V Liberzon vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1967 |
Tbilisi | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 16. G Hodos vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 57 |
1967 |
Leningrad Ol RSFSR | E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 17. Bronstein vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 10 |
1968 |
Ch URS (team) | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 18. Savon vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1968 |
Skopje/Ohrid | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 19. R Rodriguez vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1968 |
Olympiad | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 20. Portisch vs Polugaevsky |
| 1-0 | 65 |
1968 |
Skopje | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 21. Taimanov vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1969 |
Moscow | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 22. Portisch vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1969 |
Magyarorszag | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 23. Gligoric vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 108 |
1970 |
Amsterdam 38/ (0.10) | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 24. J Diez del Corral vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1970 |
Kapfenberg EUchT | E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 25. Gligoric vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1970 |
Izt | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |