Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. S Erdelyi vs H Mattison |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1931 | Prague Olympiad | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
2. G Holtey vs B H Villegas |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1934 | Mar del Plata | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
3. Petrov vs E Steiner |
 | ½-½ | 66 | 1937 | Kemeri | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
4. J Sorli vs O Nedeljkovic |
| 0-1 | 60 | 1938 | Ljubljana | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
5. Fine vs H Steiner |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1940 | 41st US Open | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
6. Stahlberg vs J Bolbochan |
  | 1-0 | 41 | 1941 | Mar del Plata | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
7. R Palme vs H Mueller |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1941 | German Championship | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
8. J Dobias vs Pachman |
| ½-½ | 66 | 1943 | UJCS-17.Kongress | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
9. J Dobias vs K Prucha |
| 0-1 | 51 | 1943 | UJCS-17.Kongress | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
10. Denker vs A Pinkus |
| 1-0 | 55 | 1944 | USA-ch | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
11. Kotov vs Lilienthal |
 | 1-0 | 33 | 1944 | USSR Championship | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
12. Lilienthal vs I Aramanovich |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1945 | Moscow Championship 1944/45 | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
13. V Lyublinsky vs V Baturinsky |
| 0-1 | 45 | 1945 | URS-sf Moscow | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
14. J Feuer vs B Kazic |
| 1-0 | 66 | 1945 | Yugoslav Championship | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
15. C Purdy vs G Koshnitsky |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1946 | Interclub Match | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
16. Euwe vs H Steiner |
 | 1-0 | 38 | 1946 | Groningen | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
17. Kashdan vs H Steiner |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1946 | United States Championship | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
18. A Bozic vs B Simonovic |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1946 | Yugoslav Championship | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
19. P Tautvaisas vs Unzicker |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1947 | Kasseler Zeitung international | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
20. L J Cordioli vs J S Moses |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1948 | Brazilian Championship | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
21. G Fridstein vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1949 | Moscow Championship | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
22. G Fridstein vs Y Shteinsapir |
| ½-½ | 33 | 1949 | Moscow Championship | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
23. Koblents vs Bondarevsky |
| ½-½ | 24 | 1949 | URS-ch sf Leningrad | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
24. G Goldberg vs I Lyskov |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1949 | URS-ch sf Moscow | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
25. I Vistaneckis vs Furman |
| 0-1 | 71 | 1949 | URS-ch sf Vilnius | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |