| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. M Marchand vs Saemisch |
| 1-0 | 62 |
1920 |
Goteborg B | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 2. Alatortsev vs Chekhover |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1932 |
Leningrad Championship | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 3. Alatortsev vs G Goldberg |
| 1-0 | 48 |
1932 |
Leningrad Championship | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 4. E Gilfer vs G A Thomas |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1933 |
Olympiad | A47 Queen's Indian |
| 5. Kotov vs Alatortsev |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1944 |
USSR Championship | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 6. Petrosian vs N Kopilov |
 | 0-1 | 34 |
1951 |
USSR Championship | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 7. Najdorf vs Euwe |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1953 |
Zurich Candidates | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 8. Najdorf vs Bronstein |
 | ½-½ | 21 |
1953 |
Zurich Candidates | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 9. Julio Bolbochan vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1954 |
Buenos Aires ARG-SU | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 10. Najdorf vs E Eliskases |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1954 |
Mar del Plata | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 11. O Sarapu vs A Feneridis |
| 1-0 | 29 |
1954 |
61st New Zealand Championship | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 12. O Katajisto vs G Lorson |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1954 |
Amsterdam ol (Men) | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 13. Julio Bolbochan vs Keres |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1954 |
Buenos Aires ARG-SU | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 14. Minev vs O'Kelly |
 | 0-1 | 54 |
1955 |
Zagreb | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 15. Bela Erdy vs I Somogyi |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1955 |
Budapest | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 16. Petrosian vs Keres |
 | ½-½ | 22 |
1955 |
Gothenburg Interzonal | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 17. Taimanov vs Lisitsin |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1955 |
USSR Championship | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 18. Ragozin vs Simagin |
| 0-1 | 64 |
1956 |
USSR Championship | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 19. G Kluger vs Keres |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1957 |
Hastings 1957/58 | E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation |
| 20. A Niemela vs A Matanovic |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1957 |
Zonal tournament, Sofia | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 21. Bjorn Haggqvist vs Minev |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1957 |
WchT U26 04th | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 22. P Dely vs G Kluger |
| ½-½ | 10 |
1958 |
HUN-ch 14th | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 23. Gligoric vs Keres |
 | 1-0 | 27 |
1958 |
Zagreb YUG-SU | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 24. Bronstein vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1959 |
USSR Championship | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 25. L C Gilden vs R Finegold |
| 1-0 | 29 |
1962 |
US Open | E41 Nimzo-Indian |