| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Polugaevsky vs Furman |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1958 |
URS-25ch Riga | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 2. Polugaevsky vs P Troeger |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1960 |
Hamburg W.GER-USSR m | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 3. Polugaevsky vs S Nedeljkovic |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1961 |
Ch Europe (team) | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 4. Polugaevsky vs Cherepkov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1961 |
URS-chT Podolsk | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 5. Polugaevsky vs Gligoric |
| 0-1 | 82 |
1962 |
Havana | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 6. Polugaevsky vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1962 |
Havana Cap mem | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 7. Polugaevsky vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 15 |
1963 |
02, Sochi | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 8. Polugaevsky vs Savon |
| ½-½ | 14 |
1971 |
Mar del Plata | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 9. Polugaevsky vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 11 |
1972 |
Moskva tt (04.03.72) | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 10. Polugaevsky vs Larsen |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1975 |
Manila | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 11. Polugaevsky vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1975 |
Ch URS | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 12. Polugaevsky vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 15 |
1976 |
Sochi | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 13. Polugaevsky vs Gulko |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1976 |
Moscow URS ch | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 14. Polugaevsky vs Kavalek |
| ½-½ | 10 |
1976 |
Izt (cat.12) | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 15. Polugaevsky vs Korchnoi |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1977 |
Evian | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 16. Polugaevsky vs Mecking |
| ½-½ | 51 |
1977 |
Lucerne m/9 | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 17. Polugaevsky vs Mecking |
| ½-½ | 54 |
1977 |
Lucerne ct | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 18. Polugaevsky vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 51 |
1977 |
URS-45ch Leningrad | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 19. Polugaevsky vs Larsen |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1978 |
Reykjavik | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 20. Polugaevsky vs H Ree |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1978 |
OLY/1 tl URS-NLD | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 21. Polugaevsky vs Dzindzichashvili |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1979 |
5, Wijk Aan Zee | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 22. Polugaevsky vs G Garcia Gonzales |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1979 |
Wijk aan Zee | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 23. Polugaevsky vs Timman |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1979 |
Breda m | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 24. Polugaevsky vs Y Bleiman |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1980 |
Skara EUchT (0.29) | E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 |
| 25. Polugaevsky vs Korchnoi |
| 0-1 | 95 |
1980 |
Buenos Aires cm sf | E17 Queen's Indian |