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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. N Kopilov vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 53 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 2. Vasiukov vs Kholmov |
 | 0-1 | 36 |
1952 |
Krasnodar, | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 3. Suetin vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1952 |
Minsk (Belarus) | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 4. Ravinsky vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 56 |
1953 |
URS-ch sf | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 5. Suetin vs Kholmov |
 | ½-½ | 89 |
1954 |
URS-ch21 Kiev ,URS-c | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 6. V Zurakhov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 7. Tal vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1955 |
Vilnius | C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) |
| 8. Tal vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1956 |
Leningrad | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 9. Boleslavsky vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 22 |
1956 |
URS-ch23 | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 10. Ragozin vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1956 |
Ch URS | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 11. V Ciocaltea vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1956 |
Dresden it | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 12. M Bertok vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 59 |
1957 |
URS-JUG | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 13. B Milic vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 54 |
1957 |
URS-JUG | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 14. Aronin vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 56 |
1957 |
URS-ch24 | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 15. Lutikov vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 62 |
1959 |
URS-ch26 | C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) |
| 16. Gurgenidze vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 56 |
1959 |
URS-ch26 | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 17. Y Kots vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1961 |
URS-ch29 | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 18. Savon vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1961 |
URS-ch29 | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 19. Y Kots vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 29 |
1961 |
USSR Team Championship | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 20. A Matanovic vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 67 |
1962 |
URS-JUG | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 21. M Pavlov vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1962 |
Bucharest | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 22. Platonov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1962 |
Spartak-ch | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
| 23. Savon vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 62 |
1962 |
URS-ch30 | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
| 24. Suetin vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 33 |
1962 |
Ch URS (team) | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 25. W Pietzsch vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 20 |
1962 |
Asztalos mem | C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
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