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| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. V Papin vs Karjakin |
 | ½-½ | 38 |
2001 |
EYCC B14 | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 2. Kosteniuk vs Karjakin |
 | 0-1 | 73 |
2003 |
Dannemann Match | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 3. Kosteniuk vs Karjakin |
 | ½-½ | 41 |
2003 |
Dannemann Match | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 4. Naiditsch vs Karjakin |
| 1-0 | 60 |
2003 |
Wijk aan Zee | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 5. Kosteniuk vs Karjakin |
 | 0-1 | 43 |
2003 |
Hastings 2002 | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 6. Kosteniuk vs Karjakin |
 | ½-½ | 30 |
2003 |
Dannemann Match | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 7. Naiditsch vs Karjakin |
| 1-0 | 53 |
2004 |
Dortmund Sparkassen | C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 8. Leko vs Karjakin |
 | ½-½ | 30 |
2004 |
Dortmund Sparkassen | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 9. Kramnik vs Karjakin |
| ½-½ | 30 |
2004 |
Dortmund Sparkassen | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 10. Hydra vs Karjakin |
 | 1-0 | 59 |
2004 |
Man vs Machine 120'/40+60' | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 11. S Sjugirov vs Karjakin |
 | 0-1 | 37 |
2005 |
Young Stars of the World | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 12. Negi vs Karjakin |
| 0-1 | 47 |
2005 |
Young Stars of the World | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 13. Ni Hua vs Karjakin |
| 0-1 | 34 |
2005 |
2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 14. Motylev vs Karjakin |
| ½-½ | 25 |
2005 |
2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 15. C Balogh vs Karjakin |
| 1-0 | 47 |
2005 |
FIDE World Cup | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 16. A Volokitin vs Karjakin |
 | 1-0 | 38 |
2006 |
Cuernavaca Young Masters | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 17. M Sebag vs Karjakin |
| ½-½ | 48 |
2007 |
Ordix Open | C88 Ruy Lopez |
| 18. Shirov vs Karjakin |
 | 1-0 | 70 |
2007 |
World Chess Cup | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 19. D Jakovenko vs Karjakin |
| ½-½ | 29 |
2007 |
Aerosvit | C88 Ruy Lopez |
| 20. E Alekseev vs Karjakin |
 | ½-½ | 22 |
2007 |
World Chess Cup | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 21. E Guseinov vs Karjakin |
| ½-½ | 14 |
2007 |
European Individual Championships | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 22. E Matsuura vs Karjakin |
 | 0-1 | 45 |
2007 |
World Chess Cup | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 23. Topalov vs Karjakin |
 | 0-1 | 22 |
2007 |
Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 24. Akopian vs Karjakin |
 | ½-½ | 58 |
2008 |
2008 Olympiad | C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical |
| 25. Shirov vs Karjakin |
 | 1-0 | 42 |
2008 |
TCh-ESP CECLUB Final | C67 Ruy Lopez |
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