| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Petrosian vs Veresov |
 | 1-0 | 38 |
1947 |
1/2Final | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
| 2. Petrosian vs G Fridstein |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1947 |
Moscow | E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 3. Petrosian vs Bronstein |
 | ½-½ | 23 |
1949 |
Ch URS | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 4. Petrosian vs V Baturinsky |
| 1-0 | 35 |
1950 |
Spartak vs. Dynamo | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 5. Petrosian vs N Kopilov |
 | 0-1 | 34 |
1951 |
Ch URS | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 6. Petrosian vs G Ilivitsky |
 | 1-0 | 64 |
1951 |
Semi-Final 19th USSR Championship | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 7. Petrosian vs Aarland |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1951 |
Ch URS | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 8. Petrosian vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1952 |
Saltsjobaden | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
| 9. Petrosian vs Keres |
 | 1-0 | 36 |
1952 |
Budapest (04.03.52) | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 10. Petrosian vs O Troianescu |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1952 |
Budapest | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
| 11. Petrosian vs Milner-Barry |
 | 1-0 | 39 |
1954 |
London (England) | E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 12. Petrosian vs Lisitsin |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1954 |
Riga | E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 13. Petrosian vs Aarland |
| 1-0 | 64 |
1954 |
Riga | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 14. Petrosian vs Benko |
 | 1-0 | 27 |
1955 |
Budapest | E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 15. Petrosian vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1955 |
Goteborg ct (16.08.55) | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 16. Petrosian vs Unzicker |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1955 |
Goteborg m | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
| 17. Petrosian vs Filip |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1955 |
Goteborg m | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 18. Petrosian vs Szabo |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1956 |
Amsterdam | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 19. Petrosian vs Dzhurashevic |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1956 |
Belgrad | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 20. Petrosian vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1957 |
Ch URS | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 21. Petrosian vs Antoshin |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1957 |
Moscow | E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 22. Petrosian vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1958 |
URS 25ch Riga | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 23. Petrosian vs R T Cardoso |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1958 |
Izt | E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 24. Petrosian vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1958 |
Izt | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 25. Petrosian vs Benko |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1959 |
Bled | E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad |