| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Smyslov vs Konstantinopolsky |
 | 1-0 | 57 |
1939 |
02, Leningrad/Moscow ;HCL 32 | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 2. Smyslov vs Flohr |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1939 |
14, Leningrad/Moscow ;HCL 32 | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 3. Smyslov vs Ragozin |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1939 |
Leningrad/Moscow | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 4. Smyslov vs Ragozin |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1939 |
Leningrad (Russia) | C66 Ruy Lopez |
| 5. Smyslov vs Levenfish |
| ½-½ | 63 |
1939 |
12, Leningrad/Moscow ;HCL 32 | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 6. Smyslov vs Botvinnik |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1940 |
Moscow ch-SU | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 7. Smyslov vs V Petrov |
| 1-0 | 55 |
1940 |
URS-ch | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 8. Smyslov vs E Gerstenfeld |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1940 |
URS-ch | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
| 9. Smyslov vs Ragozin |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1940 |
12, Moscow URS ch | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 10. Smyslov vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1940 |
Moskva XIIch-SU (26.09.40) | C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange |
| 11. Smyslov vs Botvinnik |
| 0-1 | 60 |
1941 |
match-tournament | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 12. Smyslov vs I Rabinovich |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1941 |
Moscow | C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 13. Smyslov vs Keres |
| 0-1 | 67 |
1941 |
Lening/Moskva ch-SU (24.03.41) | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
| 14. Smyslov vs Keres |
| 1-0 | 72 |
1941 |
Lening/Moskva ch-SU (12.04.41) | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 15. Smyslov vs Lilienthal |
| ½-½ | 125 |
1941 |
match-tournament | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 16. Smyslov vs Panov |
| 1-0 | 57 |
1942 |
Moscow-ch ;HCL 12 | C87 Ruy Lopez |
| 17. Smyslov vs Boleslavsky |
| ½-½ | 72 |
1942 |
Moscow-ch ;HCL 12 | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
| 18. Smyslov vs Lilienthal |
| 0-1 | 39 |
1942 |
Kuibyshev ,HCL 32 | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 19. Smyslov vs M Yudovich Sr. |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1942 |
Moscow-ch | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 20. Smyslov vs Boleslavsky |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1943 |
13, Sverdlovsk | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 21. Smyslov vs V Makogonov |
| ½-½ | 53 |
1943 |
09, Sverdlovsk ;HCL 08 | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 22. Smyslov vs E Zagorjansky |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1943 |
01, Sverdlovsk | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 23. Smyslov vs Botvinnik |
| 1-0 | 50 |
1943 |
Moscow | C82 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 24. Smyslov vs Konstantinopolsky |
| 1-0 | 61 |
1943 |
07, Sverdlovsk | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 25. Smyslov vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1944 |
URS-ch | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
