| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Smyslov vs Panov |
 | 1-0 | 38 |
1945 |
06, Moscow-ch ;HCL 43 | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 2. Smyslov vs K Plater |
| 1-0 | 23 |
1947 |
Moscow | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 3. Smyslov vs Rossolimo |
| ½-½ | 55 |
1950 |
Venice | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 4. Smyslov vs G Primavera |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1950 |
Venice | E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line |
| 5. Smyslov vs V Liublinsky |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1950 |
USSR Championship | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 6. Smyslov vs Panov |
| 1-0 | 52 |
1951 |
Ch URS (1/2 final), Leningrad (Russia) | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 7. Smyslov vs F Mastichiadis |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1952 |
06, Helsinki | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 8. Smyslov vs Petrosian |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1952 |
Gagra | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 9. Smyslov vs O Troianescu |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1953 |
Bucharest | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 10. Smyslov vs Geller |
| 1-0 | 44 |
1953 |
Zurich Candidates | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 11. Smyslov vs V Ciocaltea |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1953 |
Bucharest | E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 |
| 12. Smyslov vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1955 |
USSR Championship | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 13. Smyslov vs Geller |
| 0-1 | 34 |
1955 |
USSR Championship | E89 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Main line |
| 14. Smyslov vs V Sherbakov |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1955 |
USSR Championship | E70 King's Indian |
| 15. Smyslov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1956 |
Alekhine Memorial | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 16. Smyslov vs Szabo |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1956 |
ct, Amsterdam | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 17. Smyslov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 53 |
1956 |
Amsterdam | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
| 18. Smyslov vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1956 |
Alekhine Memorial | E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno |
| 19. Smyslov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1956 |
Moscow Alekhine Mem | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 20. Smyslov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1959 |
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | E61 King's Indian |
| 21. Smyslov vs Benko |
| 1-0 | 53 |
1959 |
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System |
| 22. Smyslov vs Gligoric |
| 0-1 | 18 |
1959 |
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | E61 King's Indian |
| 23. Smyslov vs Karadshaev |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1959 |
Moscow | E90 King's Indian |
| 24. Smyslov vs Y Sakharov |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1960 |
USSR Championship | E91 King's Indian |
| 25. Smyslov vs Minev |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1960 |
10, Moscow | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
