| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. I Popov vs V Vepkhvishvili |
| 0-1 | 79 |
1976 |
Ch SU \\ | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 2. V Vepkhvishvili vs I Popov |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1989 |
Open Bratislava-89 | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 3. I Popov vs T L Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 81 |
2004 |
3rd Aeroflot Festival | A15 English |
| 4. Dvoirys vs I Popov |
 | 1-0 | 51 |
2004 |
3rd Aeroflot Festival | B10 Caro-Kann |
| 5. V Malakhov vs I Popov |
| 1-0 | 54 |
2004 |
3rd Aeroflot Festival | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 6. I Popov vs S Novikov |
| ½-½ | 47 |
2005 |
Russian Under-20 Championships | C10 French |
| 7. I Kurnosov vs I Popov |
| 1-0 | 44 |
2005 |
Russian Under-20 Championships | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
| 8. A Riazantsev vs I Popov |
| ½-½ | 55 |
2005 |
Russian Under-20 Championships | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 9. I Popov vs A Timofeev |
| 0-1 | 45 |
2005 |
Russian Under-20 Championships | B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 |
| 10. I Popov vs E Alekseev |
| ½-½ | 45 |
2005 |
Russian Under-20 Championships | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 11. I Popov vs I Khairullin |
| 1-0 | 61 |
2005 |
Russian Under-20 Championships | B40 Sicilian |
| 12. E Tomashevsky vs I Popov |
| 1-0 | 31 |
2005 |
Russian Under-20 Championships | A15 English |
| 13. I Popov vs R Hovhannisyan |
| 1-0 | 47 |
2006 |
4th Young Stars of the World | B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto |
| 14. I Popov vs I Nepomniachtchi |
| ½-½ | 45 |
2006 |
4th Young Stars of the World | C01 French, Exchange |
| 15. S Narayanan vs I Popov |
| ½-½ | 60 |
2006 |
4th Young Stars of the World | B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical |
| 16. I Popov vs O Nikolenko |
| ½-½ | 19 |
2006 |
Open | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 17. S Sjugirov vs I Popov |
| 0-1 | 64 |
2006 |
4th Young Stars of the World | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 18. I Popov vs E Tairova |
 | 1-0 | 22 |
2006 |
4th Young Stars of the World | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 19. I Smikovski vs I Popov |
| 1-0 | 58 |
2006 |
Open | B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical |
| 20. I Popov vs E Safarli |
| 1-0 | 54 |
2006 |
4th Young Stars of the World | B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 |
| 21. I Popov vs N Maiorov |
| 1-0 | 58 |
2006 |
Vasylyshyn Mem | C29 Vienna Gambit |
| 22. I Popov vs A Kulikov |
 | 1-0 | 23 |
2006 |
4th Young Stars of the World | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 23. V Belov vs I Popov |
| ½-½ | 77 |
2006 |
Open | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 24. Caruana vs I Popov |
| 1-0 | 29 |
2006 |
4th Young Stars of the World | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 25. A Volodin vs I Popov |
| 0-1 | 48 |
2006 |
4th Young Stars of the World | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |