| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. V Vorotnikov vs M N Sher |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1973 |
Soviet Union | C26 Vienna |
| 2. M N Sher vs Igor Ivanov |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1977 |
Ch URS (select) | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 3. M N Sher vs Gulko |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1983 |
Volgodonsk | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 4. M N Sher vs Razuvaev |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1983 |
URS-ch sf | E10 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 5. M N Sher vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 46 |
1983 |
URS-ch sf | A20 English |
| 6. Vasiukov vs M N Sher |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1989 |
Elekes mem | D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation |
| 7. M N Sher vs G Timoshchenko |
| ½-½ | 11 |
1989 |
Elekes mem | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 8. Speelman vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1990 |
London (England) | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 9. M N Sher vs Smirin |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1990 |
Moscow op | A20 English |
| 10. M N Sher vs G Timoshchenko |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1990 |
Maribor | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 11. M N Sher vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 17 |
1990 |
Belgorod | A17 English |
| 12. M N Sher vs V Beim |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1990 |
Biel MTO op | A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 |
| 13. M N Sher vs Romanishin |
| ½-½ | 9 |
1990 |
Pula op | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 14. M N Sher vs B Ivanovic |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1990 |
Pula op | D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 15. M N Sher vs Krasenkow |
| ½-½ | 10 |
1990 |
Belgorod | D90 Grunfeld |
| 16. M N Sher vs S Smagin |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1990 |
Lloyds Bank op | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 17. Krasenkow vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1990 |
RUS | A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 |
| 18. M N Sher vs S Smagin |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1990 |
Hastings Masters | D52 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 19. Kupreichik vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 58 |
1991 |
Dortmund op | B56 Sicilian |
| 20. Savon vs M N Sher |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1991 |
Belgorod | B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 |
| 21. Savon vs M N Sher |
| ½-½ | 11 |
1991 |
Anapa | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
| 22. M N Sher vs Sakaev |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1992 |
Dortmund open-A | A26 English |
| 23. Shabalov vs M N Sher |
| 1-0 | 61 |
1992 |
Biel op | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 24. M N Sher vs Wojtkiewicz |
| ½-½ | 10 |
1992 |
open | A10 English |
| 25. M N Sher vs Petursson |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1992 |
It Bern (06) | A20 English |