| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. M Pasman vs Tal |
 | 1-0 | 64 |
1952 |
Riga | E92 King's Indian |
| 2. Z Solmanis vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 46 |
1953 |
URS | E61 King's Indian |
| 3. Gradus vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 21 |
1953 |
URS | E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 |
| 4. K Klasup vs Tal |
 | 1-0 | 39 |
1953 |
Riga | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 5. Niebult vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 29 |
1954 |
URS | E92 King's Indian |
| 6. Lisitsin vs Tal |
 | 1-0 | 73 |
1954 |
Riga | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 7. Prieditis vs Tal |
| 0-1 | 46 |
1954 |
URS | E97 King's Indian |
| 8. Lipnitsky vs Tal |
 | ½-½ | 53 |
1955 |
URS | E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O |
| 9. Gurgenidze vs Tal |
 | ½-½ | 41 |
1955 |
URS | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 10. Chukayev vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 50 |
1955 |
Riga sf-ch-URS | E92 King's Indian |
| 11. Bannik vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 31 |
1955 |
Riga | E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O |
| 12. I Vistinietzki vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1955 |
URS | E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 |
| 13. Spassky vs Tal |
 | 1-0 | 38 |
1956 |
Leningrad ch-SU | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 14. Korchnoi vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 73 |
1956 |
Tbilisi | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 15. Halibeili vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 56 |
1956 |
Tbilisi | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 16. Chukaev vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 27 |
1956 |
Tbilisi | E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line |
| 17. Averbakh vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1956 |
Leningrad | E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno |
| 18. J Szukszta vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 20 |
1956 |
Uppsala | E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 |
| 19. B Voronkov vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1956 |
Tbilisi | E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line |
| 20. Bannik vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 45 |
1957 |
Moscow URS ch | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
| 21. A Khasin vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1957 |
Moscow URS ch | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
| 22. G Ferrantes vs Tal |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1957 |
Italien | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 23. Filip vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1958 |
WchT U26 fin-A 05th | E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O |
| 24. H Rossetto vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 39 |
1958 |
Portoroz izt | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
| 25. J Sherwin vs Tal |
 | ½-½ | 39 |
1958 |
Portoroz izt | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |