Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Karpov vs Savon |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1970 | USSR Championship | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
2. Karpov vs Balashov |
 | ½-½ | 53 | 1970 | USSR Championship | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
3. Karpov vs Gheorghiu |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1971 | Moscow | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
4. Karpov vs Bronstein |
  | 1-0 | 53 | 1971 | Moscow | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
5. Karpov vs Mecking |
  | 1-0 | 34 | 1972 | Hastings 1971/72 | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
6. Karpov vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1972 | Hastings 1971/72 | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
7. Karpov vs E Warren |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1972 | Karpov Simul, 26b London | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
8. Karpov vs W A Linton |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1972 | Karpov Simul, 26b London | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
9. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
 | 1-0 | 33 | 1972 | Moscow blitz | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
10. Karpov vs V Stoica |
 | 1-0 | 40 | 1972 | World Student Team Championship Final-A | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
11. Karpov vs R Byrne |
 | ½-½ | 21 | 1973 | Leningrad Interzonal | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
12. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
 | ½-½ | 40 | 1974 | Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
13. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
  | 1-0 | 49 | 1974 | Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
14. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
  | 1-0 | 40 | 1974 | Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
15. Karpov vs Polugaevsky |
  | 1-0 | 41 | 1974 | Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
16. Karpov vs Kasparov |
  | 1-0 | 45 | 1975 | Leningrad | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
17. Karpov vs Browne |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1976 | Amsterdam | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
18. Karpov vs Browne |
 | ½-½ | 28 | 1976 | Manila | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
19. Karpov vs E Bukic |
  | 1-0 | 42 | 1978 | Bugojno | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
20. Karpov vs Kavalek |
  | 1-0 | 49 | 1979 | Waddinxveen | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
21. Karpov vs Kavalek |
 | ½-½ | 25 | 1980 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
22. Karpov vs Portisch |
  | 1-0 | 40 | 1982 | Phillips & Drew Kings | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
23. Karpov vs Quinteros |
  | 1-0 | 46 | 1982 | Lucerne Olympiad | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
24. Karpov vs T Georgadze |
  | 1-0 | 37 | 1983 | 16th Soviet Team Championship Final-A | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
25. Karpov vs P Ostermeyer |
 | ½-½ | 80 | 1983 | FRG-ch International | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |