Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld |
| ½-½ | 90 | 1922 | Teplitz-Schonau | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
2. Rubinstein vs Colle |
 | 0-1 | 61 | 1931 | Rotterdam quadrangular | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
3. Lilienthal vs Levenfish |
 | ½-½ | 56 | 1937 | USSR Championship | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
4. R Durkin vs S Bernstein |
 | ½-½ | 40 | 1941 | Ventnor City | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
5. M L Hanauer vs Shainswit |
| ½-½ | 33 | 1943 | Ventnor City | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
6. G Kasparian vs M Shishov |
| 1-0 | 62 | 1944 | Georgian Championship | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
7. Kashdan vs A Pinkus |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1944 | Manhattan CC-ch 1944/45 | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
8. Kotov vs Pachman |
 | ½-½ | 80 | 1946 | Moscow - Prague | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
9. Lilienthal vs A Dake |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1946 | URS - USA | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
10. J Sajtar vs C Boutteville |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1947 | FRA-CSR | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
11. A Ufimtsev vs Keres |
  | 0-1 | 69 | 1947 | USSR Championship | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
12. N Minev vs K Krastev |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1947 | Bulgarian Championship | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
13. Lilienthal vs Milner-Barry |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1947 | Great Britain - Soviet Union | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
14. N Kopilov vs S Zhukhovitsky |
| 0-1 | 42 | 1947 | URS-ch sf Leningrad | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
15. Kotov vs K Plater |
 | 1-0 | 79 | 1947 | Moscow | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
16. R Sanguinetti vs Eliskases |
 | 0-1 | 33 | 1948 | Mar del Plata | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
17. Botvinnik vs Keres |
  | 1-0 | 23 | 1948 | FIDE World Championship Tournament | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
18. Gligoric vs Benko |
 | 1-0 | 34 | 1948 | Budapest | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
19. Ragozin vs Szabo |
 | 0-1 | 53 | 1948 | Saltsjobaden Interzonal | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
20. Gligoric vs N Kulzinski |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1948 | Belgrade-Novi Sad | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
21. Euwe vs G Palmason |
| ½-½ | 34 | 1948 | Reykjavik | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
22. Najdorf vs H Steiner |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1948 | New York 1948/49 | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
23. W O Cruz vs H Rossetto |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1949 | Mar del Plata | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
24. Lilienthal vs Szabo |
| ½-½ | 50 | 1949 | Moscow-Budapest | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |
25. Gligoric vs F Gygli |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1949 | Yugoslavia - Switzerland | E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation |