| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Botvinnik vs Smyslov |
 | 1-0 | 50 |
1946 |
Groningen | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 2. A Tsvetkov vs Novotelnov |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1947 |
Moscow | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 3. Novotelnov vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1947 |
Moscow | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 4. Pirc vs Gligoric |
| 0-1 | 52 |
1947 |
Ljubljana ch-YUG | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 5. Kotov vs Lilienthal |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1947 |
Parnu it | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 6. C Kottnauer vs Novotelnov |
 | 0-1 | 26 |
1947 |
Moscow | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 7. Kotov vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1947 |
Parnu | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 8. Najdorf vs Ragozin |
 | 0-1 | 43 |
1948 |
Saltsjobaden | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 9. Euwe vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 38 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov |
| 10. Lilienthal vs Bronstein |
 | ½-½ | 25 |
1948 |
Izt | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 11. D Djaja vs Gligoric |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1948 |
YUG-ch | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 12. N Kulzinski vs Gligoric |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1948 |
YUG-ch | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 13. Botvinnik vs Smyslov |
 | ½-½ | 79 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 14. Kotov vs Lilienthal |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1948 |
Izt | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 15. Euwe vs Smyslov |
 | 1-0 | 42 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov |
| 16. M Subaric vs M Germek |
| 1-0 | 26 |
1948 |
Nuremberg | D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov |
| 17. Bondarevsky vs Flohr |
 | 1-0 | 38 |
1948 |
Izt | D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov |
| 18. Keres vs Smyslov |
 | ½-½ | 42 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov |
| 19. Bondarevsky vs Ragozin |
| 0-1 | 54 |
1948 |
Izt | D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov |
| 20. Levenfish vs Smyslov |
 | 1-0 | 34 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 21. C B Van den Berg vs A Bozic |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1949 |
YUG-NED | D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov |
| 22. S Erdelyi vs J Platt |
| ½-½ | 49 |
1949 |
Trencianske Teplice | D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov |
| 23. O'Kelly vs H Heinicke |
| 1-0 | 49 |
1949 |
OLdenburg | D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov |
| 24. Saemisch vs H Heinicke |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1949 |
OLdenburg | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |
| 25. V Tomovic vs Gligoric |
| 0-1 | 56 |
1949 |
YUG-ch | D98 Grunfeld, Russian |