| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Book vs Najdorf |
 | 1-0 | 31 |
1937 |
Stockholm ol ;HCL 44 | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 2. L Steiner vs Najdorf |
 | 0-1 | 33 |
1937 |
Warsaw | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 3. C Poulsen vs Najdorf |
 | 0-1 | 73 |
1939 |
Buenos Aires ol f-A ;HCL 37 | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 4. M Monticelli vs Najdorf |
 | 0-1 | 44 |
1948 |
Venice | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 5. Fine vs Najdorf |
 | 1-0 | 44 |
1948 |
New York Invitational | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 6. A Rico vs Najdorf |
 | 0-1 | 35 |
1948 |
ARG | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 7. Reshevsky vs Najdorf |
 | ½-½ | 47 |
1950 |
Amsterdam | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 8. Unzicker vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1950 |
Dubrovnik | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 9. Reshevsky vs Najdorf |
 | ½-½ | 26 |
1950 |
Dubrovnik | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 10. Smyslov vs Najdorf |
 | 1-0 | 40 |
1950 |
Budapest | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 11. A Fuderer vs Najdorf |
 | 1-0 | 57 |
1950 |
Bled | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 12. Ricardo Romero vs Najdorf |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1952 |
Havana | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 13. Geller vs Najdorf |
 | 1-0 | 57 |
1953 |
Zurich ct | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 14. Eliskases vs Najdorf |
 | 0-1 | 31 |
1953 |
Mar del Plata | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 15. Gligoric vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1953 |
SUI | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 16. A Medina-Garcia vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1953 |
Mar del Plata | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 17. Bronstein vs Najdorf |
 | 1-0 | 44 |
1954 |
Buenos Aires (Argentina) | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 18. Unzicker vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1954 |
Amsterdam | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 19. Bronstein vs Najdorf |
 | 0-1 | 43 |
1954 |
Buenos Aires (Argentina) | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 20. F Olafsson vs Najdorf |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1954 |
Amsterdam | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 21. Salomon vs Najdorf |
 | 0-1 | 44 |
1954 |
Mar del Plata | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 22. R Flores-Alvarez vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1955 |
Mar del Plata | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 23. Keres vs Najdorf |
 | 1-0 | 25 |
1955 |
Goteborg ct (07.09.55) | B98 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 24. B Rabar vs Najdorf |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1955 |
Goteborg | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 25. Laurencena vs Najdorf |
| 0-1 | 28 |
1955 |
ARG | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |