| Career performances of 2800-2899: |
| 2862 in Botvinnik-Tal II (World Championship, Moscow), 1961, scoring 13/21 (62%) vs 2796-rated opposition |
| 2850 in The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948, scoring 14/20 (70%) vs 2729-rated opposition |
| 2819 in Moscow (URS Championship), 1945, scoring 11/13 (85%) vs 2635-rated opposition |
| 2808 in Moscow (URS Training), 1952, scoring 6/6 (100%) vs 2649-rated opposition |
| 2804 in Leningrad/Moscow (Absolute Championship), 1941, scoring 13.5/20 (68%) vs 2695-rated opposition |
| 2803 in Botvinnik-Smyslov III (World Championship, Moscow), 1958, scoring 12.5/23 (54%) vs 2780-rated opposition |
| 2801 in Moscow (URS Championship), 1944, scoring 9.5/11 (86%) vs 2622-rated opposition |
| Career performances of 2700-2799: |
| 2795 in Groningen (Staunton Memorial), 1946, scoring 12.5/16 (78%) vs 2629-rated opposition |
| 2786 in Botvinnik-Smyslov I (World Championship, Moscow), 1954, scoring 12/24 (50%) vs 2790-rated opposition |
| 2778 in Moscow (Alekhine Memorial), 1956, scoring 11/15 (73%) vs 2647-rated opposition |
| 2776 in Botvinnik-Bronstein Match (World Championship, Moscow), 1951, scoring 12/24 (50%) vs 2780-rated opposition |
| 2759 in Sverdlovsk, 1943, scoring 9/12 (75%) vs 2635-rated opposition |
| 2753 in Nottingham, 1936, scoring 10/14 (71%) vs 2637-rated opposition |
| 2751 in Moscow (URS Championship), 1952, scoring 16/24 (67%) vs 2631-rated opposition |
| 2750 in Moscow, 1936, scoring 12/18 (67%) vs 2647-rated opposition |
| 2747 in Moscow (Chigorin Memorial), 1947, scoring 10/14 (71%) vs 2629-rated opposition |
| 2741 in URS-chT Moscow, 1966, scoring 7/12 (58%) vs 2720-rated opposition |
| 2739 in Botvinnik-Petrosian Match (World Championship, Moscow), 1963, scoring 9.5/22 (43%) vs 2790-rated opposition |
| 2736 in Palma de Mallorca, 1967, scoring 12.5/17 (74%) vs 2587-rated opposition |
| 2734 in Moscow (URS Training), 1951, scoring 4/5 (80%) vs 2680-rated opposition |
| 2734 in AVRO, 1938, scoring 7.5/14 (54%) vs 2733-rated opposition |
| 2733 in URS Spartakiad Moscow, 1964, scoring 4/5 (80%) vs 2679-rated opposition |
| 2731 in Botvinnik-Smyslov II (World Championship, Moscow), 1957, scoring 9.5/22 (43%) vs 2782-rated opposition |
| 2728 in Leningrad (URS Championship), 1939, scoring 12.5/17 (74%) vs 2579-rated opposition |
| 2727 in Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A, 1954, scoring 5.5/7 (79%) vs 2634-rated opposition |
| 2720 in URS-chT Moscow, 1963, scoring 5/5 (100%) vs 2566-rated opposition |
| 2719 in Botvinnik-Tal I (World Championship, Moscow), 1960, scoring 8.5/21 (40%) vs 2789-rated opposition |
| 2716 in Hastings, 1961, scoring 8/9 (89%) vs 2530-rated opposition |
| 2716 in Budapest, 1952, scoring 11/17 (65%) vs 2625-rated opposition |
| 2715 in Moscow (URS Championship), 1955, scoring 11.5/19 (61%) vs 2647-rated opposition |
| 2713 in Botvinnik-Ragozin Match (Leningrad), 1940, scoring 7/10 (70%) vs 2627-rated opposition |
| 2709 in Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1969, scoring 10.5/15 (70%) vs 2590-rated opposition |
| 2705 in Monte Carlo, 1968, scoring 8/12 (67%) vs 2624-rated opposition |
| 2705 in Moscow, 1935, scoring 5.5/8 (69%) vs 2647-rated opposition |
| 2701 in Moscow (URS Championship), 1951, scoring 10/17 (59%) vs 2649-rated opposition |
