| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. N Popov vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 31 | 1974 | 8th Soviet Team Cup | B83 Sicilian |
| 27. N Popov vs N Rashkovsky |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1974 | 8th Soviet Team Cup | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 28. L Shusterman vs N Popov |
| 0-1 | 27 | 1975 | Moldovan Championship | B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 29. G Kuzmin vs N Popov |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1975 | 13th Soviet Team Championship qual-3 | C42 Petrov Defense |
| 30. N Popov vs H Karner |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1975 | 13th Soviet Team Championship qual-3 | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 31. Gufeld vs N Popov |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1975 | 13th Soviet Team Championship qual-3 | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 32. A Kapengut vs N Popov |
| ½-½ | 42 | 1975 | 13th Soviet Team Championship Final-B | B83 Sicilian |
| 33. N Popov vs V Danov |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1975 | 13th Soviet Team Championship qual-3 | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 34. M Ruderfer vs N Popov |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1975 | 13th Soviet Team Championship Final-B | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 35. N Popov vs O Pavlenko |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1975 | 13th Soviet Team Championship Final-B | A51 Budapest Gambit |
| 36. N Popov vs V Mikenas |
| ½-½ | 54 | 1975 | 13th Soviet Team Championship Final-B | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 37. N Popov vs Vladimirov |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1975 | 13th Soviet Team Championship qual-3 | D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 38. L Zaid vs N Popov |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1975 | URS-ch43 qualification | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 39. Dorfman vs N Popov |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1975 | URS-ch43 qualification | A15 English |
| 40. N Popov vs A Lopukhin |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1975 | URS-ch43 qualification | B06 Robatsch |
| 41. I Platonov vs N Popov |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1975 | URS-ch43 qualification | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 42. V Chekhov vs N Popov |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1976 | USSR Young Masters Championship | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 43. A Mikhalchishin vs N Popov |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1976 | USSR Young Masters Championship | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
| 44. S Palatnik vs N Popov |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1976 | USSR Young Masters Championship | A15 English |
| 45. N Popov vs E Mochalov |
| 1-0 | 65 | 1976 | 9th Soviet Team Cup-B | E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line |
| 46. N Popov vs N Krogius |
 | 1-0 | 32 | 1976 | 9th Soviet Team Cup-B | E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 |
| 47. N Popov vs Vladimirov |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1976 | URS-ch otbor | A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 |
| 48. N Popov vs B Taborov |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1977 | Duz-Khotimirsky Memorial | A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 |
| 49. N Popov vs Razuvaev |
| 0-1 | 43 | 1977 | USSR Championship qualification | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 50. Y Nikolaevsky vs N Popov |
| 0-1 | 31 | 1977 | Duz-Khotimirsky Memorial | E17 Queen's Indian |
Kibitzing
