| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Alatortsev vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1939 |
Leningrad/Moscow training | E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 |
| 2. P Dubinin vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1940 |
USSR Championship | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 3. V Makogonov vs Smyslov |
 | 1-0 | 31 |
1940 |
USSR Championship | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 4. I Rudakovsky vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 33 |
1940 |
USSR Championship | E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 5. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov |
 | ½-½ | 27 |
1941 |
USSR Absolute Championship | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 6. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1941 |
USSR Absolute Championship | E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 7. Lilienthal vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1941 |
USSR Absolute Championship | E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 |
| 8. Lilienthal vs Smyslov |
 | ½-½ | 35 |
1941 |
USSR Absolute Championship | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 9. Keres vs Smyslov |
 | 1-0 | 65 |
1941 |
USSR Absolute Championship | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 10. Kotov vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 60 |
1942 |
Ch Moscow | E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 11. Flohr vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1944 |
USSR Championship | E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 12. Alatortsev vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1945 |
USSR Championship | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
| 13. Tolush vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1945 |
USSR Championship | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 14. Denker vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 43 |
1946 |
Moscow tt | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 15. Bronstein vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1947 |
Tournament, Parnu (Estonia) | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
| 16. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1947 |
USSR Championship | E20 Nimzo-Indian |
| 17. Lilienthal vs Smyslov |
 | 1-0 | 44 |
1947 |
Paernu | E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 18. Keres vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1947 |
Parnu | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 19. J Gadalinski vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 28 |
1947 |
it, Warsaw (Poland) | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 20. Geller vs Smyslov |
 | ½-½ | 55 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 21. Kotov vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 54 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 22. Ragozin vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 23. Szabo vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 80 |
1949 |
11, Budapest | E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 24. Kotov vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 44 |
1950 |
candidates | E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 25. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 51 |
1950 |
USSR Championship | E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |