| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Alatortsev vs Lisitsin |
 | 0-1 | 31 |
1931 |
USSR Championship | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 2. G Borisenko vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1954 |
URS-ch21 | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 3. G Ilivitsky vs B Vladimirov |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1957 |
URS-ch sf | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 4. Gligoric vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 34 |
1958 |
Portoroz Interzonal | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 5. G Borisenko vs Furman |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1958 |
USSR Championship | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 6. Kotov vs Averbakh |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1958 |
USSR Championship | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 7. Letelier vs C Jauregui |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1959 |
Santiago | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 8. Gligoric vs S Vukovic |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1959 |
YUG-ch | E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 |
| 9. Gligoric vs I Bilek |
 | 1-0 | 20 |
1962 |
Sarajevo | E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 |
| 10. B Ivanovic vs I Jelen |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1963 |
YUG-chJ | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 11. G Borisenko vs J Richter |
| 1-0 | 27 |
1965 |
5th CC World Ch Final | E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 |
| 12. Filip vs E Nowak |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1966 |
CSR-ch Int 1st | E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 |
| 13. Pelikan vs J Behrensen |
| ½-½ | 64 |
1966 |
ARG-ch | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 14. H Lehmann vs J H Donner |
| ½-½ | 57 |
1967 |
Palma de Mallorca | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 15. Gipslis vs Simagin |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1967 |
corr | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 16. Hawson JB vs R Thomas |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1967 |
BCF-ch | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 17. Kotov vs H Ree |
| 0-1 | 39 |
1968 |
IBM | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 18. Cherepkov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 59 |
1968 |
USSR Championship 1968/69 | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 19. Keene vs O Seuss |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1968 |
WchT U26 15th fin-B | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 20. Gligoric vs Panno |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1969 |
Capablanca mem | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 21. G Borisenko vs A Lisenko |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1969 |
Svetlogorsk Lokomotiv | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 22. Najdorf vs Unzicker |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1972 |
Hastings 1971/72 | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 23. A Kharitonov vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1981 |
Sochi It | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 24. P B Weir vs P Garbett |
| 0-1 | 34 |
1982 |
Auckland Easter Tt | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 25. R Vera vs J Cruz Lima |
| 0-1 | 66 |
1983 |
Havana-B | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |