| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Karjakin vs Sasikiran |
| ½-½ | 61 |
2002 |
Hastings 2002 | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
| 2. Karjakin vs Flear |
 | 1-0 | 109 |
2002 |
Hastings 2002 | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 3. Karjakin vs A Graf |
 | 1-0 | 56 |
2003 |
Hotel Bali Stars | C87 Ruy Lopez |
| 4. Karjakin vs Shirov |
 | ½-½ | 15 |
2003 |
Dos Hermanas XII | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 5. Karjakin vs Campora |
| 0-1 | 39 |
2003 |
Dos Hermanas XII | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 6. Karjakin vs Hector |
| ½-½ | 50 |
2003 |
Wijk aan Zee | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 7. Karjakin vs Vallejo-Pons |
 | ½-½ | 100 |
2003 |
Hotel Bali Stars | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 8. Karjakin vs Jonkman |
| 1-0 | 41 |
2003 |
Wijk aan Zee | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 9. Karjakin vs M Kobalia |
| 0-1 | 41 |
2004 |
FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 10. Karjakin vs Kaidanov |
| ½-½ | 33 |
2004 |
36th Olympiad | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 11. Karjakin vs M Kobalia |
 | 1-0 | 63 |
2004 |
3rd Aeroflot Festival | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 12. Karjakin vs J Radulski |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
2004 |
36th Olympiad | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 13. Karjakin vs Zhong Zhang |
| ½-½ | 47 |
2004 |
3rd Aeroflot Festival | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 14. Karjakin vs A Kunte |
| 1-0 | 38 |
2004 |
36th Olympiad | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 15. Karjakin vs Kramnik |
 | 1-0 | 90 |
2004 |
Dortmund Sparkassen | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 16. Karjakin vs A Aleksandrov |
| ½-½ | 31 |
2005 |
21st European Club Cup | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 17. Karjakin vs Onischuk |
| ½-½ | 30 |
2005 |
Corus Tournament: Group B | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 18. Karjakin vs E Inarkiev |
| ½-½ | 21 |
2005 |
21st European Club Cup | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 19. Karjakin vs Aronian |
 | 0-1 | 63 |
2005 |
6th European Individual Chess Championship | C87 Ruy Lopez |
| 20. Karjakin vs T Upton |
| 1-0 | 30 |
2005 |
15th European Team Championship | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 21. Karjakin vs Aronian |
| ½-½ | 64 |
2005 |
6th European Individual Chess Championship | C88 Ruy Lopez |
| 22. Karjakin vs Harikrishna |
| ½-½ | 84 |
2005 |
XIII Dos Hermanas | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 23. Karjakin vs Yang Shen |
 | 1-0 | 50 |
2005 |
World Team Championship | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
| 24. Karjakin vs Kaidanov |
 | ½-½ | 38 |
2005 |
Aeroflot Open | C82 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 25. Karjakin vs Kasimdzhanov |
 | ½-½ | 62 |
2006 |
Russian Club Cup | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |