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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. V Sozin vs Kan |
 | 0-1 | 57 |
1931 |
URS-ch07 | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
| 2. F Bohatirchuk vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 81 |
1931 |
URS-ch07 | B32 Sicilian |
| 3. Botvinnik vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1933 |
Russia | B83 Sicilian |
| 4. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Kan |
| 1-0 | 31 |
1934 |
USSR Championship | B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
| 5. Chekhover vs Kan |
 | 0-1 | 32 |
1936 |
All-Union YM | B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation |
| 6. Konstantinopolsky vs Kan |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1937 |
URS-ch10 | B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 7. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 67 |
1937 |
URS-ch10 | B50 Sicilian |
| 8. Riumin vs Kan |
| 0-1 | 60 |
1938 |
Moscow 4m | B83 Sicilian |
| 9. Levenfish vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1939 |
Ch URS | B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 10. Smyslov vs Kan |
 | 1-0 | 74 |
1942 |
Moscow-ch ;HCL 12 | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 11. Boleslavsky vs Kan |
| 1-0 | 51 |
1942 |
Moscow-ch | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 12. Botvinnik vs Kan |
 | 1-0 | 44 |
1943 |
Russia | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 13. Ragozin vs Kan |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1943 |
Sverdlovsk | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 14. Konstantinopolsky vs Kan |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1943 |
Sverdlovsk | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 15. Smyslov vs Kan |
 | 1-0 | 48 |
1945 |
6, Moscow URS ch | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 16. Koblents vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1945 |
URS-ch14 | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 17. Ufimtsev vs Kan |
| 0-1 | 67 |
1945 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 18. Boleslavsky vs Kan |
| 1-0 | 58 |
1947 |
USSR Championship | B40 Sicilian |
| 19. Konstantinopolsky vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 79 |
1952 |
Moscow, URS Ch | B41 Sicilian, Kan |
| 20. Kasparian vs Kan |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1952 |
Moscow, URS Ch | B50 Sicilian |
| 21. Lipnitsky vs Kan |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1952 |
Moscow, URS Ch | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 22. Aronin vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1952 |
Moscow, URS Ch | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 23. Botvinnik vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1952 |
Training Game | B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 |
| 24. Geller vs Kan |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1952 |
Moscow | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 25. Byvshev vs Kan |
| 1-0 | 57 |
1952 |
Moscow, URS Ch | B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation |
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