| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Smyslov vs Averbakh |
 | 1-0 | 68 |
1946 |
Moscow | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 2. Furman vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 3. Alatortsev vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 24 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
| 4. Boleslavsky vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1950 |
USSR Championship | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 5. Taimanov vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 55 |
1951 |
USSR Championship | E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 |
| 6. Lilienthal vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 59 |
1952 |
RUS | E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 |
| 7. Reshevsky vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 44 |
1953 |
Zurich Candidates | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 8. Taimanov vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1953 |
Zurich Candidates | E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 |
| 9. Taimanov vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1953 |
Gagra | E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 |
| 10. D Byrne vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1954 |
USA | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 11. Botvinnik vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 33 |
1955 |
Training Game | E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 |
| 12. Botvinnik vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 24 |
1956 |
Training | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 13. Bronstein vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1957 |
Moscow | E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 |
| 14. Taimanov vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1959 |
USSR | E20 Nimzo-Indian |
| 15. Taimanov vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1959 |
USSR Championship | E20 Nimzo-Indian |
| 16. Taimanov vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 44 |
1962 |
USSR | E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 |
| 17. Bronstein vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1963 |
USSR Championship | E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation |
| 18. Gligoric vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 87 |
1966 |
Titovo Uzice | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 19. Balashov vs Averbakh |
| 1-0 | 33 |
1970 |
USSR 9/511 | E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 |
