| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. V Ruban vs Khalifman |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1984 |
Cup URS | E92 King's Indian |
| 2. V Ruban vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1988 |
URS-OT56 Uzhgorod | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 3. V Ruban vs Baburin |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1988 |
Ch Russia | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 4. V Ruban vs Marjanovic |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1988 |
Belgrade (Yugoslavia) | D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 5. V Ruban vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 59 |
1989 |
Sochi-A | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 6. G Timoshenko vs V Ruban |
 | ½-½ | 42 |
1989 |
Tiblisi | B83 Sicilian |
| 7. Shabalov vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1989 |
Tbilisi 47/249 [Shabalov,A] | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 8. V Ruban vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1989 |
Sochi | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 9. Shabalov vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1989 |
Podolsk | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 10. V Ruban vs Khalifman |
| ½-½ | 12 |
1989 |
Sochi (Russia) | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 11. Shirov vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 15 |
1989 |
It (cat.9) | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 12. Shabalov vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 66 |
1990 |
Podolsk | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 13. E Torre vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 34 |
1990 |
Calcutta (India) | B50 Sicilian |
| 14. V Ruban vs Romanishin |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1990 |
Sibenik 50/96 | A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O |
| 15. V Ruban vs Adorjan |
| ½-½ | 12 |
1990 |
Balassagyarmat (Hungary) | D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation |
| 16. S Kiselev vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 12 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 17. Dreev vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1991 |
Ch URS | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 18. Yurtaev vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 46 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 Moscow ,URS-ch | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 19. V Ruban vs Bologan |
| ½-½ | 53 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 20. V Ruban vs K Aseev |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 21. Rublevsky vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1991 |
Smolensk | B57 Sicilian |
| 22. A Minasian vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 | B57 Sicilian |
| 23. Rohde vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1992 |
Tilburg | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 24. Morozevich vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1992 |
Russian Zonal St Petersburg | B57 Sicilian |
| 25. V Ruban vs S Agdestein |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1993 |
PCA Qualifiers | A90 Dutch |