| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. I Nei vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 28 |
1946 |
URS-ch U18 | E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 |
| 2. Keres vs Petrosian |
 | 1-0 | 39 |
1949 |
Moskva ch-SU (23.10.49) | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 3. Vasiliev vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1949 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 4. Furman vs Petrosian |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1949 |
Ch URS | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 5. Levenfish vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 38 |
1949 |
Ch URS | E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 |
| 6. V Mikenas vs Petrosian |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1950 |
Ch URS Moscow | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 7. Flohr vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1950 |
Ch URS | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 8. Flohr vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 51 |
1951 |
Ch URS | E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System |
| 9. Cherepkov vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 34 |
1951 |
Sverdlovsk | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 10. Bondarevsky vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 82 |
1951 |
Ch URS | E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) |
| 11. E Gereben vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 51 |
1952 |
Budapest | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 12. R Plats vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 31 |
1952 |
Budapest | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 13. Smyslov vs Petrosian |
 | 1-0 | 30 |
1952 |
Garga | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 14. O'Kelly vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1952 |
Budapest | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 15. Eliskases vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1952 |
Saltsjobaden izt ,IZT | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 16. Najdorf vs Petrosian |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1953 |
SUI | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 17. Stahlberg vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 64 |
1953 |
SWZ | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 18. Lokvenc vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1953 |
USSR vs. Austria | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 19. Keres vs Petrosian |
 | 1-0 | 56 |
1953 |
Zurich ct (27.09.53) | E61 King's Indian |
| 20. Stoltz vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 55 |
1953 |
Bucharest | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 21. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1954 |
Riga tt | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 22. Bisguier vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1954 |
New York USA-URS | E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack |
| 23. R Goode vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 42 |
1954 |
Stockholm (Sweden) | E70 King's Indian |
| 24. G Borisenko vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 49 |
1954 |
URS-ch21 | E91 King's Indian |
| 25. Wade vs Petrosian |
 | 0-1 | 55 |
1954 |
Beograd | E77 King's Indian |