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| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Wojtkiewicz vs S Ionov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1980 |
URS 29/282 | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 2. Kholmov vs S Ionov |
| 0-1 | 50 |
1983 |
URS-ch sf | B30 Sicilian |
| 3. Yurtaev vs S Ionov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1983 |
Ch URS (select) | B40 Sicilian |
| 4. Karasev vs S Ionov |
| 1-0 | 46 |
1988 |
Leningrad-ch sf | B40 Sicilian |
| 5. Khalifman vs S Ionov |
| 0-1 | 46 |
1988 |
Ch Leningrad (1/2 final) | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 6. Sveshnikov vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 | B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 |
| 7. Y Yakovich vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 | B89 Sicilian |
| 8. Anand vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1993 |
It (active) | B42 Sicilian, Kan |
| 9. Leko vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1993 |
Oviedo 25' | B54 Sicilian |
| 10. Rublevsky vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1994 |
St.Petersburg op | B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 11. Rublevsky vs S Ionov |
| 1-0 | 28 |
1994 |
RUS-ch Elista | B89 Sicilian |
| 12. Rublevsky vs S Ionov |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1995 |
RUS-ch Kazan | B54 Sicilian |
| 13. S Smagin vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 61 |
1995 |
RUS-chT | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 14. Kholmov vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1995 |
Chigorin mem | B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation |
| 15. Y Shulman vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1997 |
Mikenas mem op | B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 |
| 16. Glek vs S Ionov |
| 0-1 | 70 |
1998 |
RUS-ch | B40 Sicilian |
| 17. Glek vs S Ionov |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1999 |
Hoogovens B | B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 |
| 18. Van Den Doel vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1999 |
Hoogovens B Tournament | B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack |
| 19. J Bosch vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 46 |
1999 |
Hoogovens B Tournament | B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical |
| 20. Motylev vs S Ionov |
| 1-0 | 40 |
2001 |
54th ch-RUS | B56 Sicilian |
| 21. N Mitkov vs S Ionov |
| ½-½ | 40 |
2001 |
2nd IECC | B89 Sicilian |
| 22. A Polaninov vs S Ionov |
| 0-1 | 65 |
2001 |
ch-City | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 23. M Brodsky vs S Ionov |
| 1-0 | 42 |
2001 |
TCh-RUS | B56 Sicilian |
| 24. Karasev vs S Ionov |
| 1-0 | 39 |
2001 |
ch-City | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
| 25. A Dashko vs S Ionov |
| 0-1 | 57 |
2001 |
Chigorin mem open | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
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