Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. O Sarapu vs L Esterman |
 | 1-0 | 58 | 1952 | New Zealand Championship 1951/52 | C77 Ruy Lopez |
2. L Esterman vs D Lynch |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1952 | New Zealand Championship 1951/52 | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
3. L Esterman vs O Sarapu |
| ½-½ | 65 | 1959 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 |
4. F P Hutchings vs L Esterman |
| 1-0 | 16 | 1959 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
5. L Esterman vs B Marsick |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1959 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
6. J R Phillips vs L Esterman |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1959 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation |
7. R J Sutton vs L Esterman |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1959 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical |
8. L Esterman vs A Fletcher |
| 1-0 | 17 | 1960 | NZCCA Ch | B06 Robatsch |
9. Z Frankel vs L Esterman |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1960 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
10. L Esterman vs I D Hayes |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1960 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3 |
11. G G Haase vs L Esterman |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1960 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
12. L Esterman vs A Feneridis |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1960 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
13. B Douglas vs L Esterman |
| 0-1 | 25 | 1960 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | B94 Sicilian, Najdorf |
14. L Esterman vs R Court |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1960 | New Zealand Championship 1959/60 | A90 Dutch |
15. G G Haase vs L Esterman |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1962 | Otago Chess Club Ch | D01 Richter-Veresov Attack |
16. L Esterman vs G G Haase |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1962 | Otago Chess Club Ch | A51 Budapest Gambit |
17. K M Okey vs L Esterman |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1962 | New Zealand Championship 1962/63 | B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 |
18. L Esterman vs A Nijman |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1962 | New Zealand Championship 1962/63 | A52 Budapest Gambit |
19. D Lynch vs L Esterman |
| 0-1 | 18 | 1962 | New Zealand Championship 1962/63 | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
20. L Esterman vs C A Evans |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1962 | New Zealand Championship 1962/63 | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
21. T van Dijk vs L Esterman |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1962 | New Zealand Championship 1962/63 | D01 Richter-Veresov Attack |
22. L Esterman vs R J Sutton |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1962 | New Zealand Championship 1962/63 | D95 Grunfeld |
23. L Esterman vs O Sarapu |
 | 1-0 | 40 | 1962 | New Zealand Championship 1962/63 | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
24. L Esterman vs I Friedman |
 | 1-0 | 23 | 1963 | Commonwealth Correspondence Championship | E14 Queen's Indian |
25. R D Clarke vs L Esterman |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1963 | New Zealand Championship 1962/63 | A37 English, Symmetrical |