| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. M N Sher vs Igor Ivanov |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1977 |
Ch URS (select) | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 2. M N Sher vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 46 |
1983 |
URS-ch sf | A20 English |
| 3. M N Sher vs V Beim |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1990 |
Biel MTO op | A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 |
| 4. Krasenkow vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1990 |
RUS | A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 |
| 5. M N Sher vs S Smagin |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1990 |
Hastings Masters | D52 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 6. Speelman vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1990 |
London (England) | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 7. Kupreichik vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 58 |
1991 |
Dortmund op | B56 Sicilian |
| 8. Shabalov vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 61 |
1992 |
Biel op | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 9. M N Sher vs Petursson |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1992 |
It Bern (06) | A20 English |
| 10. M N Sher vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1992 |
Dortmund open-A | A26 English |
| 11. Glek vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 52 |
1992 |
Dortmund op-A | C01 French, Exchange |
| 12. M N Sher vs Suba |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1993 |
Andorra op | A16 English |
| 13. M N Sher vs K Spraggett |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1993 |
It (open) | A20 English |
| 14. Nunn vs M N Sher |
 | 1-0 | 26 |
1994 |
Vejle | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 15. Christiansen vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1994 |
Deutschland 61/394 | D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
| 16. M N Sher vs Vyzmanavin |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1995 |
Ch Russia | A10 English |
| 17. M N Sher vs Hebden |
| 0-1 | 47 |
1995 |
It (open) I(XII) Hastings (ENG) | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 18. M N Sher vs Ftacnik |
| 0-1 | 19 |
1997 |
02, open, Cappelle la Grande FRA | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 19. Sadvakasov vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 31 |
2005 |
Paris Championship | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 20. M N Sher vs M Pasalic |
| 0-1 | 78 |
2006 |
Spring North American FIDE Invitational | A21 English |
| 21. B Savchenko vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 28 |
2008 |
XXIV Open | B89 Sicilian |