| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. N Popov vs Karpov |
 | 0-1 | 48 |
1967 |
06, Leningrad | C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 |
| 2. N Popov vs Karpov |
 | 0-1 | 59 |
1968 |
01, Riga tt | C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 3. Podgaets vs N Popov |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1971 |
URS-ch sf | E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line |
| 4. N Popov vs Savon |
| 0-1 | 69 |
1971 |
URS-ch sf | B50 Sicilian |
| 5. N Popov vs Rashkovsky |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1974 |
Moscow | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 6. N Popov vs V Mikenas |
| ½-½ | 54 |
1975 |
Latvia | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 7. N Popov vs E Vladimirov |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1975 |
URS-chT | D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 8. I Platonov vs N Popov |
| 1-0 | 57 |
1975 |
Ch URS (select) | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 9. Chekhov vs N Popov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1976 |
URS-ch YM | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 10. N Popov vs E Vladimirov |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1976 |
URS-ch otbor | A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 |
| 11. N Popov vs Lutikov |
| ½-½ | 15 |
1977 |
Yerevan | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 12. N Popov vs Razuvaev |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1977 |
URS-ch otbor | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 13. Lutikov vs N Popov |
| 1-0 | 48 |
1977 |
URS-ch otbor | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 14. N Popov vs Tseshkovsky |
 | 0-1 | 37 |
1977 |
Yerevan | A32 English, Symmetrical Variation |
| 15. Igor Ivanov vs N Popov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1977 |
Tournament | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 16. Geller vs N Popov |
| ½-½ | 57 |
1979 |
Moscow | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 17. N Popov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1979 |
Moscow | A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 |
| 18. Salov vs N Popov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1979 |
Ch URS (select) | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 19. Lutikov vs N Popov |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1980 |
MDA-ch | E20 Nimzo-Indian |
| 20. N Popov vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1980 |
URS-ch48 sf Dnepropetrovsk | E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 |
| 21. Yusupov vs N Popov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1981 |
URS Spartakiad | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 22. E Vladimirov vs N Popov |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1983 |
Spartakiade tt 8th | A57 Benko Gambit |
| 23. Bagirov vs N Popov |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1983 |
t | A57 Benko Gambit |
| 24. N Popov vs V Tukmakov |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1983 |
Spartakiade tt 8th | A48 King's Indian |
| 25. N Popov vs I Belov |
| 0-1 | 28 |
1992 |
Memorial M.Tal | C29 Vienna Gambit |