| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Dus Chotimirsky vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 37 |
1942 |
Moscow-ch ;HCL 12 | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 2. V Mikenas vs Smyslov |
| 0-1 | 54 |
1944 |
Moscow URS ch | D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
| 3. Kotov vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1944 |
Moscow | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 4. G Fridstein vs Smyslov |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1944 |
Moscow | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 5. Flohr vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1945 |
Ch Moscow | D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 6. Lilienthal vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1945 |
Moscow-ch ,HCL 43 | D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
| 7. Reshevsky vs Smyslov |
| 0-1 | 71 |
1945 |
02, USA-URS radio-m ;HCL 27 | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 8. Ragozin vs Smyslov |
| 1-0 | 67 |
1945 |
Ch URS | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 9. Botvinnik vs Smyslov |
| 1-0 | 31 |
1945 |
Russia | D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation |
| 10. C Kottnauer vs Smyslov |
| 1-0 | 56 |
1946 |
Prag | D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
| 11. Najdorf vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 60 |
1946 |
Groningen | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 12. Simagin vs Smyslov |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1946 |
Ch Moscow | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 13. Tolush vs Smyslov |
| 0-1 | 27 |
1947 |
t, Leningrad | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 14. Keres vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1947 |
Moskva Chigorin-mem (02.12.47) | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 15. Reshevsky vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 45 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 16. Reshevsky vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
| 17. Geller vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1950 |
Moscow ch-SU | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 18. Kotov vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1950 |
Venice | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 19. Lipnitsky vs Smyslov |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1950 |
15, Moscow URS ch | D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation |
| 20. Lilienthal vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 29 |
1950 |
Budapest | D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
| 21. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov |
| 1-0 | 22 |
1950 |
ct, Budapest | D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 22. Petrosian vs Smyslov |
| 1-0 | 51 |
1951 |
Ch URS | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 23. E Terpugov vs Smyslov |
| 0-1 | 45 |
1951 |
Ch URS (1/2 final), Leningrad (Russia) | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 24. Botvinnik vs Smyslov |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1951 |
Training | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 25. N Aratovsky vs Smyslov |
| 0-1 | 25 |
1951 |
Ch URS (1/2 final), Leningrad (Russia) | D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
