| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Botvinnik vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1947 |
Moscow Chigorin-mem | E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 |
| 2. Furman vs Kholmov |
 | 1-0 | 114 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 |
| 3. P Voiculescu vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1954 |
Bucharest | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 4. Poliak vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 58 |
1954 |
URS-chT | E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 5. Flohr vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1954 |
URS-ch21 | E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 |
| 6. Averbakh vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1955 |
URS-chT fin | E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 |
| 7. Cherepkov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1955 |
URS-ch sf | E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 8. B Vladimirov vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1955 |
URS-ch sf | E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 9. Antoshin vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 51 |
1955 |
URS-ch sf | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 10. Tolush vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 31 |
1955 |
URS-ch sf | E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad |
| 11. S Dittmann vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 25 |
1956 |
Dresden it | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 12. A Khasin vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1956 |
URS-ch23 | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 13. Furman vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1957 |
URS-ch24 | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 14. Spassky vs Kholmov |
 | ½-½ | 41 |
1957 |
Ch URS | E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad |
| 15. Lutikov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1957 |
URS-ch sf | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 16. T Prokhorovich vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 56 |
1957 |
URS-ch sf | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 17. Sliwa vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1957 |
Przepiorka mem | E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) |
| 18. Geller vs Kholmov |
 | 1-0 | 34 |
1957 |
Przepiorka mem | E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 19. Simagin vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1958 |
URS-ch sf | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 20. Spassky vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1959 |
Ch URS | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 21. Uhlmann vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1959 |
Balatonfured | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 22. Polugaevsky vs Kholmov |
 | 0-1 | 65 |
1960 |
Moscow | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 23. Puc vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 57 |
1960 |
Moscow CCCT | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 24. Polugaevsky vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1961 |
URS-ch29 Baku | E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) |
| 25. D Lapienis vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 28 |
1961 |
URS-ch29 sf | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |