| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. V Ruban vs A V Kharitonov |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1987 | Russian Championship | D55 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 27. V Ruban vs E Kalegin |
| 1-0 | 44 | 1987 | Russian Championship | A57 Benko Gambit |
| 28. V Ruban vs A Vaulin |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1987 | Russian Championship | A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) |
| 29. A V Filipenko vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 62 | 1987 | Russian Championship | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 30. V Ruban vs A Khasin |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1987 | Russian Championship | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
| 31. S Fokin vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1987 | Russian Championship | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 32. V Ruban vs A Melnikov |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1987 | Russian Championship | D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 33. Y Shabanov vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1987 | Russian Championship | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 34. V Ruban vs V Shtyrenkov |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1987 | Russian Championship | A96 Dutch, Classical Variation |
| 35. I Zakharevich vs V Ruban |
| 0-1 | 56 | 1987 | Russian Championship | D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation |
| 36. Dvoirys vs V Ruban |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1987 | Russian Championship | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 37. K Lerner vs V Ruban |
| 1-0 | 67 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 38. V Ruban vs G Piesina |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 |
| 39. Kaidanov vs V Ruban |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 40. M Sorokin vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 51 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 41. V Ruban vs Epishin |
| ½-½ | 42 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 |
| 42. G Timoscenko vs V Ruban |
| 1-0 | 44 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack |
| 43. Smagin vs V Ruban |
| 0-1 | 42 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 44. V Ruban vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 67 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 45. V Ruban vs Y Piskov |
| ½-½ | 64 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | A90 Dutch |
| 46. V Ruban vs D Komarov |
| ½-½ | 53 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 47. I Naumkin vs V Ruban |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1987 | URS-ch otbor Norilsk | A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 |
| 48. E Magerramov vs V Ruban |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1987 | Trade Unions Championship | D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation |
| 49. Oll vs V Ruban |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1988 | URS-ch otbor Uzhhorod | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 50. V Ruban vs S Gorelov |
| 1-0 | 25 | 1988 | URS-ch otbor Uzhhorod | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
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