| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Taimanov vs Konstantinopolsky |
| 1-0 | 67 |
1952 |
Moscow | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 2. Taimanov vs Geller |
 | 1-0 | 40 |
1953 |
Zurich ct | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 3. Taimanov vs Reshevsky |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1953 |
Zurich | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 4. Taimanov vs Uhlmann |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1956 |
Moscow | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 5. Taimanov vs Nezhmetdinov |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1957 |
URS-ch24 Moscow ;URS-ch | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 6. Taimanov vs O Neikirch |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1957 |
Sofia BUL-RUS | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 7. Taimanov vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1957 |
Leningrad RUS-UKR | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 8. Taimanov vs E Sardarov |
| 1-0 | 63 |
1957 |
Tbilisi | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 9. Taimanov vs V Arseniev |
 | 1-0 | 22 |
1960 |
USSR | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 10. Taimanov vs H Kestler |
| ½-½ | 58 |
1965 |
Hamburg | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 11. Taimanov vs Reshevsky |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1970 |
Skopje | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 12. Taimanov vs Keene |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1976 |
Hastings 7576 | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 13. Taimanov vs Rashkovsky |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1977 |
Baku | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 14. Taimanov vs G Timoshchenko |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1977 |
Baku | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 15. Taimanov vs V Kirpichnikov |
 | ½-½ | 37 |
1978 |
Yurmala | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 16. Taimanov vs Vaganian |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1981 |
USSR | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 17. Taimanov vs P Szekely |
| ½-½ | 45 |
1982 |
Budapest | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 18. Taimanov vs Romanishin |
| 0-1 | 58 |
1984 |
Kiev | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |