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| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Smirin vs Sakaev |
| 1-0 | 57 |
1989 |
URS-chT U18 | B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical |
| 2. Kramnik vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1990 |
Sochi (Russia) | B83 Sicilian |
| 3. Ulibin vs Sakaev |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 | B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 4. K Aseev vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 60 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 5. Zsofia Polgar vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1991 |
Brasilien | B83 Sicilian |
| 6. Y Kruppa vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 65 |
1991 |
URS-ch U26 | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 7. Smirin vs Sakaev |
| 1-0 | 49 |
1992 |
Alekhine op | B40 Sicilian |
| 8. Jansa vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1992 |
Gausdal International | B32 Sicilian |
| 9. H Westerinen vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1992 |
Gausdal | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 10. Svidler vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 14 |
1995 |
St.Petersburg-ch | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 11. Rublevsky vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1995 |
YUG-chT Tivat | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 12. Svidler vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 60 |
1996 |
PCA Qualifier g/25 Moscow RUS | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 13. Bologan vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1998 |
President's Cup | B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein |
| 14. S Erendzenov vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1998 |
President's Cup | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 15. Sveshnikov vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1998 |
RUS-ch | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 16. Bologan vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 47 |
1998 |
President's Cup | B54 Sicilian |
| 17. G Vescovi vs Sakaev |
 | 0-1 | 49 |
2000 |
34th Olympiad | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 18. C Rossi vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 55 |
2000 |
34th Olympiad | B30 Sicilian |
| 19. C Rossi vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 10 |
2000 |
Olympiad | B30 Sicilian |
| 20. Rublevsky vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 23 |
2001 |
Korchnoi 70 | B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation |
| 21. V Yemelin vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 79 |
2001 |
Keres mem open | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 22. A Volokitin vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 70 |
2001 |
FIDE WCh KO | B58 Sicilian |
| 23. R Rabiega vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 41 |
2001 |
2nd IECC | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 24. M Palac vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 66 |
2001 |
ECC | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 25. S Vokarev vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 72 |
2001 |
TCh-RUS | B54 Sicilian |
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