| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Kotov vs S Lisenkov |
| 1-0 | 52 | 1930 | Ch Tula | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 2. S Belavenets vs Kotov |
| 1-0 | 23 | 1934 | 4th Ch RSFSR (final) | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 3. Kotov vs V Chekhover |
 | 1-0 | 20 | 1935 | Trade Unions Championship sf | C18 French, Winawer |
| 4. Kotov vs P Rabinovich |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1935 | Moscow-ch | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 5. S Belavenets vs Kotov |
 | 1-0 | 25 | 1935 | Moscow Ch | E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann |
| 6. A S Sergeev vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 73 | 1935 | Moscow-ch | A04 Reti Opening |
| 7. Kotov vs N Zubarev |
| 0-1 | 52 | 1935 | Moscow-ch | A44 Old Benoni Defense |
| 8. Panov vs Kotov |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1935 | Moscow-ch | C13 French |
| 9. Kotov vs O Bogatyrev |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1935 | Ch Aviarabotniki | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 10. Kotov vs P Saidkhanov |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1936 | All-Union 1st Category | D04 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 11. Kotov vs N Sorokin |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1936 | All-Union 1st Category | B32 Sicilian |
| 12. Kotov vs Kalmanok |
| 1-0 | 22 | 1936 | All Union Selected 1st cat | C11 French |
| 13. Kotov vs A Ufimtsev |
| 0-1 | 45 | 1936 | All-Union 1st Category | B06 Robatsch |
| 14. Kotov vs I Kan |
| 0-1 | 50 | 1936 | Moscow Championship | D50 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 15. Kotov vs Bondarevsky |
| 0-1 | 27 | 1936 | All-Union 1st Category | A90 Dutch |
| 16. Kotov vs Chernikov |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1936 | Giant Factory championship | D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation |
| 17. S Slonim vs Kotov |
| 0-1 | 34 | 1936 | Moscow Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 18. Kotov vs V Shumilin |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1936 | All-Union 1st Category | D52 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 19. Alatortsev vs Kotov |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1936 | Moscow Championship | A13 English |
| 20. P Dubinin vs Kotov |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1936 | Giant Factory championship | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 21. Kotov vs Panov |
| 0-1 | 49 | 1936 | Moscow Championship | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 22. Kotov vs A Chistiakov |
| 0-1 | 70 | 1937 | Moscow Championship | C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line |
| 23. B Naglis vs Kotov |
| 0-1 | 31 | 1937 | Moscow Championship | B72 Sicilian, Dragon |
| 24. Fedosov vs Kotov |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1937 | Ch Tula | D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 |
| 25. Panov vs Kotov |
| 0-1 | 49 | 1937 | Moscow Championship | B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
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