| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. N Mikkelsen vs D Paiva |
| 1-0 | 25 | 2009 | Arctic Chess Challenge | E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation |
| 2. P Vass vs D Paiva |
| 0-1 | 41 | 2009 | Arctic Chess Challenge | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 3. D Paiva vs F Bruno |
| 1-0 | 30 | 2009 | Arctic Chess Challenge | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 4. M Bluvshtein vs D Paiva |
| 1-0 | 32 | 2010 | Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad | E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) |
| 5. D Paiva vs A Abdulwahhab |
| 0-1 | 37 | 2010 | Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad | E97 King's Indian |
| 6. D Paiva vs L Patriarca |
| ½-½ | 50 | 2010 | Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 7. R Phillips vs D Paiva |
| ½-½ | 64 | 2010 | Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad | E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System |
| 8. J D Gemy vs D Paiva |
| 1-0 | 52 | 2010 | Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad | A04 Reti Opening |
| 9. M Z Mabuya vs D Paiva |
| 0-1 | 32 | 2011 | Commonwealth and South African Open | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 10. D Paiva vs J Wilken |
| 1-0 | 16 | 2011 | Commonwealth and South African Open | D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical |
| 11. T Tafira vs D Paiva |
| 1-0 | 36 | 2011 | Commonwealth and South African Open | B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line |
| 12. D Paiva vs R Mbedza |
| 1-0 | 13 | 2011 | Commonwealth and South African Open | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 13. D Ristovich vs D Paiva |
| 0-1 | 58 | 2011 | Commonwealth and South African Open | E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) |
| 14. D Paiva vs J S Davies |
| 0-1 | 34 | 2011 | Commonwealth and South African Open | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 15. D Paiva vs N Guliyev |
| 0-1 | 37 | 2016 | Baku Olympiad | D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 16. D Paiva vs V Malisauskas |
| 0-1 | 32 | 2016 | Baku Olympiad | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 17. S Huguet vs D Paiva |
| 0-1 | 64 | 2016 | Baku Olympiad | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 18. I Garcia Guerrero vs D Paiva |
| 1-0 | 29 | 2016 | Baku Olympiad | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 19. F Ashiku vs D Paiva |
| 0-1 | 30 | 2016 | Baku Olympiad | E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 |
| 20. D Paiva vs A Colovic |
| 0-1 | 29 | 2016 | Baku Olympiad | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 21. H Kouko vs D Paiva |
| ½-½ | 39 | 2016 | Baku Olympiad | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 22. Tha Zan vs D Paiva |
| 0-1 | 34 | 2016 | Baku Olympiad | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 23. C Wagener vs D Paiva |
| 1-0 | 20 | 2016 | Baku Olympiad | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 24. A Neiksans vs D Paiva |
  | 1-0 | 34 | 2018 | Batumi Olympiad | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 25. D Paiva vs Moulaye Brahim Hemam |
| 1-0 | 37 | 2018 | Batumi Olympiad | A05 Reti Opening |
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