| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Kotov vs N Sorokin |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1936 |
Tournament | B32 Sicilian |
| 2. Kotov vs P Saidkhanov |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1936 |
Tournament | D04 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 3. Alatortsev vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1936 |
Moskou Ch | A13 English |
| 4. V Shipunov vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1938 |
1/2 final | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 5. I Mazel vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1938 |
Trade Unions | D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack |
| 6. Kotov vs F Bohatirchuk |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1938 |
URS-ch sf | E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line |
| 7. Sokolsky vs Kotov |
 | ½-½ | 36 |
1938 |
Leningrad-ch | A00 Uncommon Opening |
| 8. Kotov vs L Kaiev |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1938 |
URS Ch sf | E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 9. Kotov vs S Gotthilf |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1938 |
Leningrad-ch | D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 |
| 10. V A Vasiliev vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1938 |
RUS | E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 |
| 11. Kotov vs S Belavenets |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1938 |
URS Ch sf | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 12. Verlinsky vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1938 |
URS-ch sf | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 13. Kotov vs Konstantinopolsky |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1938 |
URS-ch sf | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 14. Kotov vs Chekhover |
 | ½-½ | 70 |
1938 |
Leningrad-ch | E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 15. Lilienthal vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1938 |
Trade Unions | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 16. Kotov vs M Yudovich Sr. |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1938 |
URS Ch sf | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 17. Kotov vs Panov |
 | ½-½ | 63 |
1938 |
RUS | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 18. Kotov vs M Kamishov |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1938 |
Trade Unions | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 19. Kotov vs P Dubinin |
 | ½-½ | 24 |
1938 |
1/2 final | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
| 20. Kotov vs Panov |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1938 |
URS Ch sf | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 21. Kotov vs Bondarevsky |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1939 |
USSR Championship | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 22. I Rabinovich vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 34 |
1939 |
USSR Championship | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 23. Kotov vs P Romanovsky |
 | ½-½ | 50 |
1939 |
USSR Championship | D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense |
| 24. Panov vs Kotov |
 | ½-½ | 44 |
1939 |
USSR Championship | B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack |
| 25. S Belavenets vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1939 |
USSR Championship | C49 Four Knights |