| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. M Steinberg vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 54 |
1969 |
Leningrad | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 2. H Pfleger vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1971 |
01, Hastings | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 3. Tal vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1971 |
URS-ch39 Leningrad ;URS-ch | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 4. V Tukmakov vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 17 |
1973 |
04, Madrid | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 5. Keres vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1973 |
URS-ch41 Moscow ;URS-ch | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 6. Ivkov vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1976 |
Skopje | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 7. A Pomar-Salamanca vs Karpov |
 | 0-1 | 92 |
1976 |
01, Montilla-Moriles | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 8. Petrosian vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 63 |
1976 |
URS-ch44 Moscow ;URS-ch | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 9. Vaganian vs Karpov |
 | 0-1 | 53 |
1976 |
URS-ch44 Moscow ;URS-ch | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 10. Petrosian vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 15 |
1979 |
Russia, Spartakiada URS, Moscow | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 11. Hort vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1980 |
Buenos Aires | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 12. Hort vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1980 |
Buenos Aires | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 13. Timman vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 34 |
1980 |
Amsterdam IBM ;MCL 04 | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 14. Larsen vs Karpov |
 | 0-1 | 23 |
1980 |
It, Amsterdam | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 15. Miles vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1980 |
08, MLT olm | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 16. Ulf Andersson vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1982 |
It (cat.16), Torino (Italy) | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 17. Ulf Andersson vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 67 |
1983 |
It (cat.14), Linares (Spain) | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 18. Ulf Andersson vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1983 |
It (cat.15), Tilburg (Netherlands) | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 19. Razuvaev vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1983 |
50th USSR Ch | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 20. Ulf Andersson vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 25 |
1984 |
London (England) | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 21. Ulf Andersson vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 17 |
1984 |
Match London (Engla | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 22. Ulf Andersson vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 17 |
1984 |
World - URS 37/90 | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 23. Ribli vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1988 |
Belfort WCup ;CBM 08 | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 24. Ulf Andersson vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1990 |
Biel | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 25. Ftacnik vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1990 |
Haninge | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |