| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Y Shabanov vs R Shcherbakov |
| 0-1 | 50 | 1983 | RSFSR Spartakiad | B20 Sicilian |
| 2. E Mortensen vs R Shcherbakov |
| 0-1 | 27 | 1988 | Budapest Spring Open | B50 Sicilian |
| 3. Smirin vs R Shcherbakov |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1988 | Junior Qualification Tournament | B83 Sicilian |
| 4. R Shcherbakov vs Khenkin |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1988 | Junior Qualification Tournament | A14 English |
| 5. R Shcherbakov vs Kamsky |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1988 | Junior Qualification Tournament | A25 English |
| 6. R Shcherbakov vs D Komarov |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1988 | Junior Qualification Tournament | A00 Uncommon Opening |
| 7. Dreev vs R Shcherbakov |
  | 1-0 | 49 | 1988 | Junior Qualification Tournament | D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 8. Shirov vs R Shcherbakov |
| ½-½ | 56 | 1988 | Junior Qualification Tournament | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 9. R Shcherbakov vs L Janjghava |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1988 | Junior Qualification Tournament | A13 English |
| 10. R Shcherbakov vs V Akopian |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1988 | Junior Qualification Tournament | A02 Bird's Opening |
| 11. M Sorokin vs R Shcherbakov |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1988 | Junior Qualification Tournament | A13 English |
| 12. M Ulybin vs R Shcherbakov |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1988 | Junior Qualification Tournament | B89 Sicilian |
| 13. Bareev vs R Shcherbakov |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1988 | USSR Team Championship | A06 Reti Opening |
| 14. R Shcherbakov vs L Voloshin |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1988 | USSR Team Championship | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 15. Goldin vs R Shcherbakov |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1988 | USSR Team Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 16. A Gavrilov vs R Shcherbakov |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1988 | USSR Team Championship | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 17. R Shcherbakov vs Shabalov |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1988 | USSR Team Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 18. Y Piskov vs R Shcherbakov |
| 1-0 | 53 | 1988 | USSR Team Championship | D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 |
| 19. Y Kruppa vs R Shcherbakov |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1988 | USSR Team Championship | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
| 20. R Shcherbakov vs V Akopian |
| 1-0 | 64 | 1989 | URS-qual U20 | E91 King's Indian |
| 21. R Shcherbakov vs L Janjghava |
| 0-1 | 53 | 1989 | URS-qual U20 | D85 Grunfeld |
| 22. M Brodsky vs R Shcherbakov |
| 0-1 | 51 | 1989 | URS-qual U20 | B58 Sicilian |
| 23. Kramnik vs R Shcherbakov |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1989 | Chigorin Memorial-B | B58 Sicilian |
| 24. Gleizerov vs R Shcherbakov |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1989 | Cheliabinsk | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 25. R Shcherbakov vs G Kallai |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1989 | Chigorin Memorial-B | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
Kibitzing
