| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. A Zapata vs C Silva Sanchez |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1978 |
Buenos Aires ol (Men) | B42 Sicilian, Kan |
| 2. A Zapata vs R Mascarinas |
| 0-1 | 39 |
1980 |
Malta ol (Men) | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 3. A Zapata vs Ftacnik |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1980 |
Cienfuegos | B50 Sicilian |
| 4. A Zapata vs Humberto Morales |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1980 |
Bayamo | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 5. A Zapata vs R Vera |
| 0-1 | 91 |
1981 |
Bayamo | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 6. A Zapata vs G Timoshchenko |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1981 |
Bayamo | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 7. A Zapata vs Igor Ivanov |
 | 0-1 | 42 |
1982 |
Luzern olm ;BIG | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 8. A Zapata vs V Zaltsman |
| ½-½ | 60 |
1983 |
New York | B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 |
| 9. A Zapata vs Miles |
| 0-1 | 51 |
1984 |
Thessaloniki (ol) 38/272 | B72 Sicilian, Dragon |
| 10. A Zapata vs Ljubojevic |
| 1-0 | 62 |
1984 |
New York | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 11. A Zapata vs K Spraggett |
| ½-½ | 73 |
1984 |
Dortmund | B83 Sicilian |
| 12. A Zapata vs D Gurevich |
| 0-1 | 46 |
1984 |
New York it | B56 Sicilian |
| 13. A Zapata vs Kudrin |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1984 |
It (cat.12) | B72 Sicilian, Dragon |
| 14. A Zapata vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1984 |
Titograd | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 15. A Zapata vs Marjanovic |
| ½-½ | 55 |
1984 |
Titograd (Yugoslavia) | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
| 16. A Zapata vs Suba |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1984 |
Dortmund | B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 17. A Zapata vs Hort |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1985 |
Tunisien | B56 Sicilian |
| 18. A Zapata vs Granda-Zuniga |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1986 |
Havanna | B56 Sicilian |
| 19. A Zapata vs Ljubojevic |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1986 |
Brussels SWIFT | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 20. A Zapata vs K Mokry |
| 1-0 | 28 |
1986 |
Zenica | B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical |
| 21. A Zapata vs Timman |
| ½-½ | 61 |
1986 |
Brussels SWIFT ,CBM | B83 Sicilian |
| 22. A Zapata vs Miles |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1986 |
Brussels SWIFT | B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 23. A Zapata vs Miles |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1986 |
Brussels SWIFT | B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 24. A Zapata vs H Olafsson |
| 1-0 | 56 |
1987 |
Wijk aan Zee | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 25. A Zapata vs Van der Wiel |
| 0-1 | 45 |
1987 |
Amsterdam OHRA I | B56 Sicilian |