| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1953 |
13th RSFSR Ch | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 2. Polugaevsky vs G Borisenko |
 | 0-1 | 42 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 3. Polugaevsky vs N Gusev |
| 0-1 | 72 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | E61 King's Indian |
| 4. Polugaevsky vs Lilienthal |
| 1-0 | 23 |
1955 |
Moscow | E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line |
| 5. Polugaevsky vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1956 |
Ch URS | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
| 6. Polugaevsky vs J Yuchtman |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1956 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 7. Polugaevsky vs Geller |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1958 |
Riga ch-SU | E61 King's Indian |
| 8. Polugaevsky vs Gipslis |
| ½-½ | 67 |
1958 |
Ch URS | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
| 9. Polugaevsky vs Suetin |
| 1-0 | 28 |
1958 |
Ryga | E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox |
| 10. Polugaevsky vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 76 |
1959 |
Ch URS | E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 |
| 11. Polugaevsky vs Gurgenidze |
| 1-0 | 60 |
1959 |
Tbilisi Ch URS | E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 |
| 12. Polugaevsky vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 49 |
1959 |
Moscow | E70 King's Indian |
| 13. Polugaevsky vs Gufeld |
| 0-1 | 22 |
1960 |
Vilnius | E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation |
| 14. Polugaevsky vs Hort |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1960 |
Moscow | E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 |
| 15. Polugaevsky vs Gurgenidze |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1960 |
URS-ch27 Leningrad | E61 King's Indian |
| 16. Polugaevsky vs Gufeld |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1960 |
Vilnius | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 17. Polugaevsky vs Uhlmann |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1960 |
Moscow | E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox |
| 18. Polugaevsky vs V Shiyanovsky |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1961 |
USSR ch Baku LB | E70 King's Indian |
| 19. Polugaevsky vs Boleslavsky |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1961 |
Moscow | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 20. Polugaevsky vs Bobotsov |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1961 |
Sofia tt | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 21. Polugaevsky vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1961 |
Moscow | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 22. Polugaevsky vs Stein |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1961 |
ch-SU | E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation |
| 23. Polugaevsky vs Gligoric |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1962 |
Lvov otbor | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 24. Polugaevsky vs Szabo |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1962 |
Mar del Plata | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 25. Polugaevsky vs W Pietzsch |
| 1-0 | 29 |
1962 |
Havana | E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 |
