| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. V Vepkhvishvili vs S Ivanov |
| 0-1 | 25 |
1980 |
Ch SU \\ | C00 French Defense |
| 2. S Ivanov vs Khalifman |
| ½-½ | 34 |
1985 |
Soviet | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 3. Kamsky vs S Ivanov |
| 0-1 | 45 |
1987 |
USSR | D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran |
| 4. S Ivanov vs Savon |
| ½-½ | 45 |
1988 |
URS-ch otbor56 | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 5. S Ivanov vs Yurtaev |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1989 |
Leningrad-chT 89\09 | E92 King's Indian |
| 6. S Ivanov vs Khalifman |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1989 |
Leningrad (Russia) | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 7. Taimanov vs S Ivanov |
| ½-½ | 51 |
1989 |
Leningrad | A06 Reti Opening |
| 8. S Ivanov vs Kupreichik |
| ½-½ | 67 |
1989 |
Leningrad | E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack |
| 9. S Ivanov vs A Vitolinsh |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1990 |
URS-chT | E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack |
| 10. G Timoshchenko vs S Ivanov |
| ½-½ | 55 |
1990 |
URS-chT | D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 |
| 11. S Smagin vs S Ivanov |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1990 |
URS-chT | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 12. S Ivanov vs Rublevsky |
 | 1-0 | 36 |
1991 |
RUS | D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 13. S Ivanov vs Przewoznik |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1991 |
POL-chT | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 14. S Ivanov vs Razuvaev |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1992 |
St Petersburg op | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 15. Morozevich vs S Ivanov |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1992 |
Ch RUS | C18 French, Winawer |
| 16. Wojtkiewicz vs S Ivanov |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1992 |
Slupsk op , 9211 | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 17. Y Kruppa vs S Ivanov |
| ½-½ | 64 |
1993 |
St Petersburg op | A09 Reti Opening |
| 18. S Ivanov vs Savon |
| ½-½ | 59 |
1993 |
Katowice Fibak op | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 19. W Schmidt vs S Ivanov |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1994 |
POL-chT | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 20. Baburin vs S Ivanov |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1994 |
It (open) | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 21. O Nikolenko vs S Ivanov |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1994 |
POL-chT | C07 French, Tarrasch |
| 22. Chekhov vs S Ivanov |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1994 |
POL-chT | D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran |
| 23. S Ivanov vs Krasenkow |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1995 |
Ch Poland Lubniewice (Poland) (11) | A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) |
| 24. Vyzmanavin vs S Ivanov |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1995 |
Ch Russia | D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 |
| 25. S Ivanov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 58 |
1995 |
RUS-ch Elista | E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |