| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Stahlberg vs G Weissgerber |
| 1-0 | 76 |
1936 |
Bad Nauheim | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 2. Zagorjansky vs Belavenets |
 | 0-1 | 37 |
1941 |
Moscow | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 3. Levenfish vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1947 |
Ch URS | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 4. Benko vs Szabo |
| 1-0 | 46 |
1947 |
Hungarian Championship | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 5. Ragozin vs Tolush |
| 0-1 | 56 |
1948 |
Ch URS | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 6. Gligoric vs Rossolimo |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1949 |
Venice | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 7. G Borisenko vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1950 |
URS-ch18 | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 8. P Martin vs Julio Bolbochan |
| 0-1 | 32 |
1951 |
Mar del Plata (Argentina) | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 9. J Nikolac vs Gligoric |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1951 |
YUG-ch 7th | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 10. Boleslavsky vs P Kondratiev |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1951 |
URS-ch sf | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 11. Bronstein vs Botvinnik |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1952 |
USSR | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 12. Kotov vs A Matanovic |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1952 |
Sweden izt | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 13. Szabo vs O'Kelly |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1952 |
Budapest | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 14. B Rabar vs E German |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1952 |
Rio de Janeiro it | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 15. O Moiseev vs Byvshev |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1952 |
Moscow, URS Ch | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 16. Bronstein vs Y Porat |
| 1-0 | 49 |
1952 |
Helsinki olympiad prel | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 17. Bronstein vs Euwe |
 | ½-½ | 41 |
1953 |
Zurich | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 18. Reshevsky vs Euwe |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1953 |
Schweiz | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 19. Taimanov vs Euwe |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1953 |
Schweiz | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 20. Averbakh vs Euwe |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1953 |
Zurich | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 21. Geller vs Kotov |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1953 |
Zurich ct | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 22. Najdorf vs Reshevsky |
 | 0-1 | 35 |
1953 |
Buenos Aires | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 23. Najdorf vs Reshevsky |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1953 |
Buenos Aires | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 24. Reshevsky vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 29 |
1953 |
Buenos Aires | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 25. Najdorf vs Reshevsky |
 | ½-½ | 24 |
1953 |
SUI | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |