| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Dunaev vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 32 |
1946 |
USSR | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 2. N Kopilov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1949 |
Ch URS | B24 Sicilian, Closed |
| 3. G Goldberg vs Petrosian |
| 1-0 | 63 |
1949 |
Ch URS | B24 Sicilian, Closed |
| 4. Sokolsky vs Petrosian |
 | ½-½ | 19 |
1950 |
Ch URS | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 5. Novotelnov vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 26 |
1951 |
Ch URS | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 6. M Mukhitdinov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1951 |
Tashkent m | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
| 7. M Mukhitdinov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1951 |
Tashkent m | B32 Sicilian |
| 8. Botvinnik vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1952 |
Hungary | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 9. Botvinnik vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 46 |
1952 |
Garga | B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 |
| 10. Szabo vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 47 |
1952 |
Interzonal | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 11. Wade vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 57 |
1952 |
Stockholm Interzonal | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 12. Pilnik vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 45 |
1952 |
Stockholm Interzonal | B32 Sicilian |
| 13. Averbakh vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1953 |
Zurich | B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
| 14. Ragozin vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1953 |
Tournament | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 15. Boleslavsky vs Petrosian |
 | 1-0 | 40 |
1953 |
Tournament | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 16. Tal vs Petrosian |
 | ½-½ | 27 |
1954 |
Riga | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 17. I Livshin vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1954 |
URS-ch21 | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 18. M Czerniak vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1954 |
Beograd | B50 Sicilian |
| 19. Ivkov vs Petrosian |
 | 1-0 | 44 |
1954 |
Belgrade | B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack |
| 20. Nezhmetdinov vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 44 |
1954 |
URS-ch21 Kiev ,URS-ch | B94 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 21. Pilnik vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 49 |
1954 |
Buenos Aires | B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 |
| 22. Lilienthal vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1954 |
URS ch 16 | B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 |
| 23. C Barry vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 29 |
1954 |
London | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 24. A Medina-Garcia vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 51 |
1955 |
Goteborg m | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 25. Spassky vs Petrosian |
 | ½-½ | 42 |
1955 |
Ch URS | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |