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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Tal vs I Zhdanov |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1952 |
URS | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 2. Tal vs Straume |
 | 1-0 | 58 |
1953 |
Riga | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 3. Tal vs J Klovans |
 | 1-0 | 28 |
1958 |
URS | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 4. Tal vs Spassky |
 | 0-1 | 70 |
1965 |
Tbilisi | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 5. Tal vs Spassky |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1965 |
Tbilisi | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 6. Tal vs Geller |
 | 0-1 | 42 |
1966 |
Kislovodsk | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 7. Tal vs Jansa |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1966 |
Sarajevo | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 8. Tal vs A Olivera |
| 1-0 | 24 |
1966 |
Havana | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 9. Tal vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1966 |
Moscow | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 10. Tal vs I Zaitsev |
 | 0-1 | 73 |
1968 |
Riga | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 11. Tal vs A Sakharov |
| ½-½ | 57 |
1976 |
Moscow | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 12. Tal vs G Kuzmin |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1985 |
Tallinn | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 13. Tal vs A Sygulski |
 | 1-0 | 26 |
1987 |
Yurmala | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 14. Tal vs Conquest |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1988 |
Tbilisi | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 15. Tal vs Larsen |
 | ½-½ | 51 |
1991 |
Buenos Aires 51/371 [Tal,M] | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
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