| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. V Pafnutieff vs Dake |
| 0-1 | 35 |
1952 |
Hollywood | C11 French |
| 2. R Martin vs V Pafnutieff |
| 0-1 | 62 |
1952 |
Hollywood | C07 French, Tarrasch |
| 3. L Joyner vs V Pafnutieff |
| 1-0 | 51 |
1952 |
Hollywood | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 4. Kashdan vs V Pafnutieff |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1952 |
Hollywood | C17 French, Winawer, Advance |
| 5. V Pafnutieff vs H Steiner |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1952 |
Hollywood | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 6. J Cross vs V Pafnutieff |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1952 |
Hollywood | E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 |
| 7. Graf-Stevenson vs V Pafnutieff |
| 0-1 | 39 |
1952 |
Hollywood | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 8. V Pafnutieff vs Gligoric |
| 0-1 | 18 |
1952 |
Hollywood | E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
| 9. V Pafnutieff vs A Pomar-Salamanca |
| 0-1 | 50 |
1952 |
Hollywood | D50 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 10. V Pafnutieff vs R J Cross |
| 1-0 | 23 |
1953 |
Californian State Championship | D69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de |
| 11. V Pafnutieff vs E Zemgalis |
| 0-1 | 21 |
1953 |
US Open | E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 |
| 12. V Pafnutieff vs Bisguier |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1954 |
Blindfold | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 13. V Pafnutieff vs V Pupols |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1955 |
US Open | E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack |
| 14. V Pafnutieff vs H Steiner |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1955 |
US Open | D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 15. T Jenkins vs V Pafnutieff |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1955 |
US Open | C10 French |
| 16. V Pafnutieff vs D Fischheimer |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1955 |
US Open | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 17. V Pafnutieff vs P Brandts |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1955 |
US Open | E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack |