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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Geller vs P Dubinin |
 | 1-0 | 32 |
1947 |
Sverdlovsk | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
| 2. Geller vs Lubensky |
 | ½-½ | 16 |
1947 |
Kiev ch-Ukraine | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 3. Geller vs K Klaman |
 | 1-0 | 71 |
1949 |
Tbilisi | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 4. Geller vs Novotelnov |
 | 0-1 | 20 |
1949 |
Tbilisi | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 5. Geller vs Nezhmetdinov |
 | 1-0 | 27 |
1949 |
Tbilisi URS sf | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 6. Geller vs Vasiliev |
| ½-½ | 50 |
1949 |
Tbilisi | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 7. Geller vs Kholmov |
 | 0-1 | 43 |
1949 |
Moscow URS ch | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 8. Geller vs I Pogrebissky |
| 1-0 | 31 |
1949 |
Tbilisi | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 9. Geller vs V Makogonov |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1949 |
Tbilisi | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 10. Geller vs Keres |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1949 |
Moscow | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 11. Geller vs Suetin |
 | 0-1 | 35 |
1950 |
Moscow ch-SU | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 12. Geller vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1950 |
Schiavno Zdroj | C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 13. Geller vs Bondarevsky |
| 0-1 | 60 |
1950 |
Schiavno Zdroj | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 14. Geller vs Keres |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1950 |
Moscow | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 15. Geller vs Keres |
 | 0-1 | 31 |
1951 |
19th ch-SU | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 16. Geller vs Taimanov |
 | 1-0 | 42 |
1953 |
Zurich ct | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 17. Geller vs A Medina-Garcia |
| 1-0 | 73 |
1955 |
Goteborg izt | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 18. Geller vs Kotov |
 | 1-0 | 29 |
1955 |
Moscow ch-SU | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 19. Geller vs Panno |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1956 |
Amsterdam | C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 20. Geller vs Filip |
 | 1-0 | 38 |
1956 |
Amsterdam ct | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
| 21. Geller vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1956 |
Amsterdam | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 22. Geller vs P Trifunovic |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1956 |
Belgrade | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 23. Geller vs Nezhmetdinov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1957 |
Kiev URS sf | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 24. Geller vs Sliwa |
| 1-0 | 35 |
1957 |
Przepiorka mem | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 25. Geller vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1958 |
Riga | C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
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