| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Nenarokov vs Alekhine |
 | 0-1 | 31 |
1915 |
Moscow (04) | E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line |
| 2. Bogoljubov vs I Rabinovich |
 | 1-0 | 31 |
1917 |
Triberg | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 3. G J Van Gelder vs Euwe |
| 0-1 | 23 |
1920 |
Amsterdam | E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line |
| 4. S Kalabar vs I Censer |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1927 |
1st olm final | E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line |
| 5. Bogoljubov vs P F Johner |
 | 0-1 | 71 |
1929 |
Karlsbad | E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line |
| 6. Alekhine vs Milner-Barry |
| 1-0 | 33 |
1938 |
Plymouth | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 7. Keres vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1947 |
Parnu | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 8. Keres vs V Rozhdestvensky |
 | 1-0 | 30 |
1953 |
Tartu, Est op ch | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 9. Guimard vs Stahlberg |
| 1-0 | 60 |
1955 |
Gothenburg Interzonal | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 10. Keres vs Taimanov |
 | 1-0 | 29 |
1955 |
USSR Championship | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 11. Bisguier vs Stahlberg |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1955 |
Gothenburg Interzonal | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 12. Larry Evans vs Reshevsky |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1957 |
Dallas | E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line |
| 13. F Prieto Azuar vs H Catozzi |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1958 |
13th olm qual. group 1 | E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line |
| 14. Tal vs Gligoric |
 | 1-0 | 64 |
1959 |
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 15. P N Wallis vs Golombek |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1959 |
BCF-ch | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 16. Tal vs A Dueckstein |
| 1-0 | 57 |
1959 |
Zurich | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 17. Spassky vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 42 |
1961 |
USSR Championship 1961b | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 18. Ivkov vs W Pietzsch |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1962 |
Havana | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 19. Spassky vs Gonzales |
| 1-0 | 25 |
1962 |
Havana | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 20. Uhlmann vs Julio Bolbochan |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1962 |
Stockholm Interzonal | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 21. Y Gusev vs Simagin |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1964 |
Ch Moscow | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 22. E Cobo Arteaga vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 30 |
1965 |
Havana | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 23. Korchnoi vs G Kluger |
| 1-0 | 65 |
1965 |
Gyula | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 24. H Ree vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1965 |
Hamburg | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 25. A Zaitsev vs K Langeweg |
| 0-1 | 34 |
1967 |
Memorial M.Chigorin | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |