| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. M Hopewell vs R W Smith |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1981 | Auckland Chess Centre Ch | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 2. M Hopewell vs C W Baker |
| 1-0 | 44 | 1981 | Labour Weekend Tt | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 3. M F Noble vs M Hopewell |
| 0-1 | 54 | 1982 | NZ Premier Reserve Ch | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 4. M H Roberts vs M Hopewell |
| 0-1 | 34 | 1982 | NZ Premier Reserve Ch | E97 King's Indian |
| 5. M Hopewell vs Michael J Scott |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1982 | Premier Reserve Ch | A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation |
| 6. M Hopewell vs G Spencer-Smith |
| 0-1 | 36 | 1982 | 5th Waitakere Trust Open Tt | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 7. P Garbett vs M Hopewell |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1982 | 2nd Charles Belton Memorial Tt | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 8. R W Smith vs M Hopewell |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1982 | 2nd Charles Belton Memorial Tt | B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening |
| 9. L McLaren vs M Hopewell |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1982 | NZ Schoolpupil Ch | B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 |
| 10. Chaudry vs M Hopewell |
| 0-1 | 51 | 1983 | Asian Team Ch | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 11. R W Smith vs M Hopewell |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1983 | 7th Howick-Pakuranga Open | B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening |
| 12. R W Smith vs M Hopewell |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1983 | 3rd Charles Belton Memorial | B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 |
| 13. K W Lynn vs M Hopewell |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1983 | 10th Winstone Open | D00 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 14. B R Anderson vs M Hopewell |
| 0-1 | 36 | 1984 | North Island Ch | E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line |
| 15. M Hopewell vs P R Green |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1984 | North Island Ch | C33 King's Gambit Accepted |
| 16. M Hopewell vs P Garbett |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1984 | 4th Charles Belton Memorial | B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 |
| 17. P B Weir vs M Hopewell |
| 1-0 | 51 | 1984 | 4th Charles Belton Memorial | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 18. M Hopewell vs L E Whitehouse |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1984 | 7th Waitakere Trust Open | C33 King's Gambit Accepted |
| 19. R Gibbons vs M Hopewell |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1985 | ACC Summer Cup | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 20. M Hopewell vs P R Green |
 | 1-0 | 26 | 1985 | Auckland C C Invitational Tt | B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long |
| 21. B Walsh vs M Hopewell |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1985 | Auckland C C Invitational Tt | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 22. B Martin vs M Hopewell |
| 1-0 | 18 | 1985 | South Island Ch | C13 French |
| 23. M Hopewell vs J N Metge |
| 1-0 | 19 | 1985 | Auckland Chess Centre Ch | A84 Dutch |
| 24. M Hopewell vs X Colossus |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1985 | 9th Howick - Pakuranga Open | B03 Alekhine's Defense |
| 25. B Walsh vs M Hopewell |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1985 | 12th Winstone Tt | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
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