| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. V Makogonov vs Taimanov |
 | 1-0 | 21 |
1944 |
Baku ch-SU sf | E70 King's Indian |
| 2. Chekhover vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 68 |
1944 |
Baku | E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox |
| 3. P Kondratiev vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 55 |
1954 |
Leningrad ch22-SU sf | E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System |
| 4. Lisitsin vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1954 |
URS-ch21 | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 5. A Backlund vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 32 |
1954 |
USSR | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 6. Larry Evans vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1954 |
USA | E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno |
| 7. Larry Evans vs Taimanov |
 | 0-1 | 35 |
1954 |
New York | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 8. Kan vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1954 |
URS-chT | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 9. Chekhover vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1954 |
Leningrad ch22-SU sf | E90 King's Indian |
| 10. Lisitsin vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1954 |
URS-chT | E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O |
| 11. R Levit vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1954 |
USSR | E91 King's Indian |
| 12. Kotov vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1955 |
XXII URS Ch | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 13. Kan vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 46 |
1955 |
Moscow | E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox |
| 14. G Ilivitsky vs Taimanov |
 | 0-1 | 45 |
1955 |
Moscow | E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O |
| 15. E Walther vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1956 |
Moscow | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 16. O Pla vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1956 |
Moscow | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 17. Smyslov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1956 |
Moscow Alekhine Mem | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 18. Smyslov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1956 |
13, Moscow | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 19. Stahlberg vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1956 |
Moscow | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 20. A Poliak vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1957 |
Leningrad | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 21. H Heinicke vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 54 |
1957 |
Vienna | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 22. Cherepkov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1957 |
Leningrad | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 23. J I Zilber vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 51 |
1957 |
Leningrad ch-URS sf | E97 King's Indian |
| 24. Udovic vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 71 |
1957 |
USSR | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 25. A Buslaev vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 28 |
1957 |
Tbilisi | E70 King's Indian |