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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Estrin vs Aronin |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1950 |
Gorky | B89 Sicilian |
| 2. Estrin vs Shamkovich |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1951 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | B50 Sicilian |
| 3. Estrin vs Taimanov |
 | 0-1 | 28 |
1954 |
Leningrad ch22-SU sf | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
| 4. Estrin vs Simagin |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1955 |
Ch Moscow | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 5. Estrin vs Vasiukov |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1955 |
Moscow-ch | B37 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto |
| 6. Estrin vs M Mukhitdinov |
| 0-1 | 59 |
1955 |
URS-ch sf | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 7. Estrin vs Vasiukov |
 | 1-0 | 38 |
1961 |
Moscow-ch | B56 Sicilian |
| 8. Estrin vs Bannik |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1962 |
Spartak-ch | B97 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 9. Estrin vs B Vladimirov |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1963 |
URS-ch sf | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 10. Estrin vs Boleslavsky |
| 0-1 | 44 |
1964 |
Moscow-ch Trades Union | B44 Sicilian |
| 11. Estrin vs Vasiukov |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1964 |
Moscow-ch | B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 12. Estrin vs J Richter |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1965 |
5th CC World Ch Final | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 13. Estrin vs H De Carbonnel |
| 0-1 | 48 |
1965 |
5th CC World Ch Final | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 14. Estrin vs H De Carbonnel |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1968 |
6th CC World Ch Final | B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 |
| 15. Estrin vs F Parr |
| ½-½ | 45 |
1968 |
5.corr ol | B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein |
| 16. Estrin vs J Ljungdahl |
 | 0-1 | 48 |
1968 |
6th CC World Ch Final | B44 Sicilian |
| 17. Estrin vs C Jansen |
| 1-0 | 28 |
1968 |
6th CC World Ch Final | B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 |
| 18. Estrin vs A Shmit |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1969 |
Barnaul | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 19. Estrin vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1969 |
URS | B41 Sicilian, Kan |
| 20. Estrin vs F Baumbach |
| 0-1 | 34 |
1970 |
corr Lenin mem | B32 Sicilian |
| 21. Estrin vs Zagorovsky |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1972 |
W-ch7 corr7278 | B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long |
| 22. Estrin vs A Petrushin |
| 0-1 | 24 |
1972 |
RUS-chT | B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
| 23. Estrin vs Pribyl |
| ½-½ | 60 |
1972 |
Olomouc Sigma 5th | B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein |
| 24. Estrin vs Bobotsov |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1973 |
Albena | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
| 25. Estrin vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1973 |
Dubna | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
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