| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. Psakhis vs S Gorelov |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 27. S Gorelov vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 28. S Gorelov vs Vasiukov |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | E77 King's Indian |
| 29. Antoshin vs S Gorelov |
| 0-1 | 31 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | A61 Benoni |
| 30. S Gorelov vs Chiburdanidze |
| 1-0 | 79 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | B53 Sicilian |
| 31. S Gorelov vs Razuvaev |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 32. A Yusupov vs S Gorelov |
 | 1-0 | 26 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | A48 King's Indian |
| 33. Gulko vs S Gorelov |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | E10 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 34. S Gorelov vs V Arbakov |
| 1-0 | 62 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | A32 English, Symmetrical Variation |
| 35. S Gorelov vs A Sokolov |
| 1-0 | 52 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | A14 English |
| 36. N Andrianov vs S Gorelov |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | D94 Grunfeld |
| 37. A Kremenietsky vs S Gorelov |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | B50 Sicilian |
| 38. Vyzmanavin vs S Gorelov |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 39. S Gorelov vs Vaganian |
| ½-½ | 150 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation |
| 40. S Gorelov vs A Panchenko |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | B40 Sicilian |
| 41. Suetin vs S Gorelov |
| ½-½ | 79 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | B33 Sicilian |
| 42. S Makarichev vs S Gorelov |
| ½-½ | 14 | 1981 | Moscow Championship | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 43. V Malaniuk vs S Gorelov |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1981 | URS-ch sf Saratov | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 44. S Gorelov vs Yudasin |
| 0-1 | 54 | 1981 | URS-ch sf Saratov | E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 |
| 45. S Gorelov vs Dorfman |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1981 | URS-ch sf Saratov | A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System |
| 46. Kholmov vs S Gorelov |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1981 | URS-ch sf Saratov | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
| 47. S Gorelov vs V Maiorov |
| 1-0 | 22 | 1981 | URS-ch sf Saratov | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 48. S Gorelov vs A Semeniuk |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1981 | URS-ch sf Saratov | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 49. S Gorelov vs I Kalinski |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1981 | URS-ch sf Saratov | C55 Two Knights Defense |
| 50. S Gorelov vs Vasiukov |
| ½-½ | 63 | 1981 | URS-ch49 First League | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
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