| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. H Steiner vs Larry Evans |
| 0-1 | 54 |
1952 |
US ch match | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 2. Wade vs J H Donner |
| 0-1 | 47 |
1953 |
Opatija | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 3. Spassky vs Smyslov |
 | 1-0 | 35 |
1953 |
1, Bucharest | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 4. Korchnoi vs Gipslis |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1955 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 5. Korchnoi vs R Persitz |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1955 |
Hastings | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 6. Spassky vs Keres |
 | 1-0 | 46 |
1957 |
USSR Championship | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 7. J Vesely vs A Lukic |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1958 |
WchT U26 fin-A 05th | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 8. Gurgenidze vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1959 |
USSR Championship | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 9. Gurgenidze vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 58 |
1959 |
USSR Championship | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 10. W Golz vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 27 |
1959 |
Dresden | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 11. Spassky vs Szabo |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1959 |
Leningrad-Budapest | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 12. Portisch vs J H Donner |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1960 |
Madrid | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 13. Antoshin vs Cherepkov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1960 |
URS-ch sf | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 14. Bagirov vs I Vistaneckis |
 | 1-0 | 37 |
1960 |
Vilnius | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 15. J H Donner vs Portisch |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1960 |
Madrid | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 16. J H Donner vs F Kuijpers |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1961 |
IBM | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 17. Bagirov vs M Mukhitdinov |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1961 |
URS-ch30 sf | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 18. S Johannessen vs Minev |
| ½-½ | 76 |
1963 |
Halle | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 19. Keene / Burnett vs Sully / Tyrell / Jones |
 | 1-0 | 22 |
1964 |
Consultation game | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 20. F Mora vs Keres |
 | 0-1 | 33 |
1964 |
Tel-Aviv ol | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 21. S Johannessen vs A Matanovic |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1965 |
Beverwijk I | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 22. L Joyner vs M Schulman |
 | ½-½ | 82 |
1965 |
CAN-ch | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 23. Berliner vs Rokhlin |
 | 1-0 | 46 |
1965 |
5th CC World Ch Final | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 24. Spassky vs Keres |
 | 1-0 | 50 |
1965 |
Spassky-Keres Candidates Quarterfinal Match | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |
| 25. Szabo vs J H Donner |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1965 |
Amsterdam IBM | E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line |