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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Kholmov vs Petrosian |
 | ½-½ | 25 |
1949 |
Ch URS | C02 French, Advance |
| 2. Liublinsky vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1950 |
Ch URS | C17 French, Winawer, Advance |
| 3. P Dubinin vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 46 |
1950 |
Gorki | C18 French, Winawer |
| 4. Keres vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 35 |
1950 |
Moskva ch-SU (09.11.50) | C03 French, Tarrasch |
| 5. M Mukhitdinov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 51 |
1951 |
Tashkent m | C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line |
| 6. Gligoric vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 14 |
1952 |
Stockholm Interzonal | C07 French, Tarrasch |
| 7. Geller vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 26 |
1953 |
Gagra | C15 French, Winawer |
| 8. Pilnik vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 15 |
1954 |
Belgrade (Yugoslavia) | C15 French, Winawer |
| 9. E Joppen vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1954 |
Belgrade (Yugoslavia) | C16 French, Winawer |
| 10. Suetin vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1954 |
Kiev | C03 French, Tarrasch |
| 11. A Fuderer vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1955 |
Goteborg m | C07 French, Tarrasch |
| 12. V Sherbakov vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 36 |
1955 |
Ch URS | C15 French, Winawer |
| 13. Y Sakharov vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 42 |
1956 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | C16 French, Winawer |
| 14. Tal vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1956 |
Tbilisi | C02 French, Advance |
| 15. Chistiakov vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 29 |
1956 |
Ch URS | C16 French, Winawer |
| 16. Karaklaic vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1956 |
Belgrad | C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line |
| 17. Aronin vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1957 |
Ch URS | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 18. S Nedeljkovic vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1957 |
Wien-Baden | C16 French, Winawer |
| 19. K Klaman vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 27 |
1957 |
Moscow | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 20. Tal vs Petrosian |
 | 1-0 | 51 |
1957 |
Tbilisi | C18 French, Winawer |
| 21. Y Sakharov vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 42 |
1957 |
Kiev | C17 French, Winawer, Advance |
| 22. P Clarke vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1958 |
Olympiad | C02 French, Advance |
| 23. S G Lebedev vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1958 |
Torpedo vs. Spartak | C02 French, Advance |
| 24. N Padevsky vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1958 |
Olympiad | C15 French, Winawer |
| 25. Gligoric vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1959 |
Bled | C18 French, Winawer |
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