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| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Tal vs Leonov |
 | 1-0 | 25 |
1949 |
Riga | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
| 2. Tal vs M Zvirbulis |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1951 |
Riga | B15 Caro-Kann |
| 3. Tal vs Rosenberg |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1953 |
URS | B15 Caro-Kann |
| 4. Tal vs Aronin |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1954 |
Riga | B10 Caro-Kann |
| 5. Tal vs V Goldin |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1955 |
URS | B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation |
| 6. Tal vs G Ilivitsky |
 | ½-½ | 23 |
1955 |
Riga | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 7. Tal vs Lipnitsky |
 | ½-½ | 33 |
1955 |
Lugansk | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
| 8. Tal vs Putjudrova |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1955 |
Latvia | B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 |
| 9. Tal vs Kasparian |
 | 1-0 | 87 |
1956 |
Tbilisi | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 10. Tal vs G Fuster |
 | 1-0 | 27 |
1958 |
Portoroz izt | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
| 11. Tal vs Golombek |
 | 1-0 | 35 |
1958 |
Munich olm | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 12. Tal vs Smyslov |
  | 1-0 | 25 |
1959 |
YUG ct | B10 Caro-Kann |
| 13. Tal vs Keres |
 | 0-1 | 46 |
1959 |
Moskva USSR tm ch (06.08.59) | B19 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 14. Tal vs F Campomanes |
 | 1-0 | 27 |
1960 |
Leipzig olm | B15 Caro-Kann |
| 15. Tal vs Botvinnik |
 | ½-½ | 37 |
1960 |
Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Match | B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 |
| 16. Tal vs Botvinnik |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1960 |
Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Match | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 17. Tal vs Botvinnik |
 | ½-½ | 41 |
1960 |
Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Match | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 18. Tal vs Botvinnik |
 | 1-0 | 52 |
1960 |
Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Match | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 19. Tal vs Botvinnik |
 | 0-1 | 58 |
1960 |
Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Match | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 20. Tal vs Koblents |
 | ½-½ | 20 |
1960 |
Moscow | B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 |
| 21. Tal vs Botvinnik |
 | ½-½ | 43 |
1960 |
Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Match | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 22. Tal vs Bisguier |
 | 1-0 | 61 |
1961 |
Bled (Slovenia) | B10 Caro-Kann |
| 23. Tal vs Botvinnik |
 | ½-½ | 90 |
1961 |
Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Return Match | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 24. Tal vs Bronstein |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1961 |
Baku | B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack |
| 25. Tal vs Petrosian |
 | ½-½ | 49 |
1961 |
Moscow | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
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