| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Freidin vs I A Zaitsev |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1964 | Moscow | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 2. Averbakh vs I A Zaitsev |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1966 | URS | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 3. Antoshin vs I A Zaitsev |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1970 | Rubinstein Memorial | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 4. B M Kogan vs I A Zaitsev |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1971 | 7th Soviet Team Cup Final-A | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 5. Knaak vs I A Zaitsev |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1980 | Chigorin Memorial | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 6. S Nikolaev vs I A Zaitsev |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1991 | Podolsk | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 7. Vyzmanavin vs I A Zaitsev |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1992 | Podolsk | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 8. E Dragomarezkij vs I A Zaitsev |
| ½-½ | 46 | 1993 | Minsk | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 9. C Ionescu vs I A Zaitsev |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1993 | Bucharest | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 10. D Rogozenco vs I A Zaitsev |
| 0-1 | 36 | 1993 | Bucharest | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 11. I Lempert vs I A Zaitsev |
| 0-1 | 71 | 1994 | Moscow | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 12. S Iskusnyh vs I A Zaitsev |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1994 | Orel2 | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 13. V Akhmadeev vs I A Zaitsev |
| ½-½ | 51 | 1996 | RUS-chT | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 14. A Bratchenko vs I A Zaitsev |
| 0-1 | 31 | 1997 | RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 15. A Moiseenko vs I A Zaitsev |
 | 1-0 | 14 | 2002 | Aeroflot Open | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 16. A Shestoperov vs I A Zaitsev |
| ½-½ | 31 | 2003 | Botvinnik mem | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 17. B Kleiman vs I A Zaitsev |
| ½-½ | 40 | 2004 | RUS-ch Seniors | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
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