| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld |
| ½-½ | 90 |
1922 |
5, Teplitz-Schonau it GER | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 2. Rubinstein vs Colle |
 | 0-1 | 61 |
1931 |
Rotterdam NED | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 3. Lilienthal vs Levenfish |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1937 |
Ch URS | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 4. R Durkin vs S Bernstein |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1941 |
Ventnor City | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 5. Kotov vs Pachman |
 | ½-½ | 80 |
1946 |
Match \\ | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 6. Ufimtsev vs Keres |
| 0-1 | 69 |
1947 |
Leningrad ch-SU (04.02.47) | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 7. Kotov vs K Plater |
 | 1-0 | 79 |
1947 |
Memorial M.Chigorin | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 8. Sajtar vs C Boutteville |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1947 |
FRA-CSR | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 9. Botvinnik vs Keres |
 | 1-0 | 23 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 10. Najdorf vs H Steiner |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1948 |
New York | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 11. Ragozin vs Szabo |
| 0-1 | 53 |
1948 |
Izt | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 12. Gligoric vs Benko |
 | 1-0 | 34 |
1948 |
Budapest | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 13. H Kramer vs Euwe |
| 0-1 | 54 |
1949 |
Baarn | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 14. Lilienthal vs Szabo |
| ½-½ | 50 |
1949 |
16 Budapest-Moscow | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 15. Szabo vs Euwe |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1949 |
Budapest HU-NED | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 16. Gligoric vs Zimmerman |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1949 |
Venice | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 17. Gligoric vs G Barcza |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1949 |
Venice | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 18. Gligoric vs F Gygli |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1949 |
YUG-SUI m | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 19. Ivkov vs Pirc |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1950 |
Bled | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 20. Kotov vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 45 |
1950 |
Tournament candidate | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 21. H Steiner vs A Vestol |
| 1-0 | 24 |
1950 |
Dubrovnik olm | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 22. Petrosian vs V Baturinsky |
| 1-0 | 35 |
1950 |
Spartak vs. Dynamo | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 23. D Hooper vs L Barden |
 | 0-1 | 26 |
1951 |
Hastings Christmas -52 | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 24. Spassky vs J Yuchtman |
 | 1-0 | 28 |
1952 |
Rostov on Don | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 25. Tolush vs Byvshev |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1952 |
Moscow, URS Ch | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |