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| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Chistiakov vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1949 |
Tbilisi | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 2. D Grechkin vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1949 |
Tbilisi | C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) |
| 3. Boleslavsky vs Geller |
| 1-0 | 59 |
1950 |
Moscow | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 4. Aronin vs Geller |
| 0-1 | 55 |
1951 |
Moscow | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 5. Bronstein vs Geller |
 | 1-0 | 43 |
1951 |
Ch URS | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 6. D Grechkin vs Geller |
| 0-1 | 39 |
1951 |
Sverdlovsk | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 7. Pachman vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1952 |
Saltsjobaden izt | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 8. Bronstein vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1952 |
Ch URS | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 9. Keres vs Geller |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1952 |
Budapest | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 10. Pilnik vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1952 |
Helsinki ol f | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 11. I Livshin vs Geller |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1954 |
URS-ch21 | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 12. Karaklajic vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1955 |
Zagreb | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 13. Petrosian vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 14 |
1955 |
Goteborg izt | C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange |
| 14. Ivkov vs Geller |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1955 |
Zagreb | C82 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 15. H Pfeiffer vs Geller |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1956 |
Moscow | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 16. Pilnik vs Geller |
 | ½-½ | 62 |
1956 |
Amsterdam | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 17. B Rabar vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 15 |
1956 |
USSR | C82 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 18. Szabo vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1957 |
Szczawno Zdroj | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 19. Vasiukov vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1957 |
Kiev ch-SU | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 20. Szabo vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1957 |
Bad Salzbrunn | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 21. C Nedelkovic vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1957 |
Leningrad | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 22. Tal vs Geller |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1958 |
Riga ch-SU | C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 23. A Matanovic vs Geller |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1958 |
Yugoslavia | C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 24. Suetin vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 80 |
1958 |
USSR | C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack |
| 25. Suetin vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 80 |
1958 |
Riga | C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack |
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