Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Karpov vs Spassky |
 | ½-½ | 32 | 1965 | Vladimir | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
2. Karpov vs Spassky |
 | ½-½ | 32 | 1971 | Moscow | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
3. Karpov vs Spassky |
  | 1-0 | 34 | 1973 | Moscow-3teams | C94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense |
4. Spassky vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 18 | 1973 | Moscow-3teams | A34 English, Symmetrical |
5. Karpov vs Spassky |
 | ½-½ | 57 | 1973 | USSR Championship | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
6. Karpov vs Spassky |
  | 0-1 | 63 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | B83 Sicilian |
7. Spassky vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 17 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
8. Karpov vs Spassky |
  | 1-0 | 55 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | E91 King's Indian |
9. Spassky vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 42 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
10. Karpov vs Spassky |
 | ½-½ | 41 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
11. Spassky vs Karpov |
  | 0-1 | 56 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
12. Karpov vs Spassky |
 | ½-½ | 41 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
13. Spassky vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 39 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
14. Karpov vs Spassky |
  | 1-0 | 35 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | B83 Sicilian |
15. Spassky vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 60 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
16. Karpov vs Spassky |
  | 1-0 | 35 | 1974 | Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
17. Karpov vs Spassky |
  | 1-0 | 44 | 1975 | 13th Soviet Team Championship qual-2 | E17 Queen's Indian |
18. Spassky vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 22 | 1978 | Bugojno | B44 Sicilian |
19. Karpov vs Spassky |
  | 1-0 | 41 | 1979 | Montreal | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
20. Spassky vs Karpov |
  | 0-1 | 42 | 1979 | Montreal | E12 Queen's Indian |
21. Spassky vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1979 | 14th Soviet Team Championship Final-A | C42 Petrov Defense |
22. Spassky vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1979 | Tilburg Interpolis | C26 Vienna |
23. Karpov vs Spassky |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1980 | Horten Tournament | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
24. Spassky vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1980 | Horten Tournament | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
25. Karpov vs Spassky |
  | 1-0 | 35 | 1980 | Tilburg Interpolis | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |