| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Taimanov vs Kan |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1954 |
USSR | A22 English |
| 2. Taimanov vs Aronin |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1954 |
USSR | A25 English |
| 3. Taimanov vs I Livshin |
| 1-0 | 89 |
1954 |
URS-ch21 | A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 |
| 4. Taimanov vs Shamkovich |
 | ½-½ | 41 |
1955 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation |
| 5. Taimanov vs B Vladimirov |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1955 |
URS-ch sf | A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation |
| 6. Taimanov vs Byvshev |
| 0-1 | 46 |
1955 |
USSR | A22 English |
| 7. Taimanov vs J Penrose |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1955 |
Hastings | A22 English |
| 8. Taimanov vs Simagin |
| 1-0 | 56 |
1956 |
Ch URS | A22 English |
| 9. Taimanov vs V Mikenas |
| ½-½ | 55 |
1957 |
RUS | A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation |
| 10. Taimanov vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 85 |
1958 |
Riga | A21 English |
| 11. Taimanov vs Basilev |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1959 |
USSR | A25 English |
| 12. Taimanov vs S Witkowski |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1959 |
Dresden | A22 English |
| 13. Taimanov vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1960 |
Leningrad | A21 English |
| 14. Taimanov vs V Mikenas |
| 1-0 | 46 |
1960 |
Leningrad | A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation |
| 15. Taimanov vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1961 |
URS-ch29 Baku | A27 English, Three Knights System |
| 16. Taimanov vs Uhlmann |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1961 |
Budapest | A28 English |
| 17. Taimanov vs Krogius |
| ½-½ | 66 |
1962 |
Leningrad | A21 English |
| 18. Taimanov vs A Zakharov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1963 |
Leningrad | A28 English |
| 19. Taimanov vs Smyslov |
 | 1-0 | 68 |
1966 |
05, Tbilisi | A21 English |
| 20. Taimanov vs Vasiukov |
| ½-½ | 66 |
1967 |
Tbilisi | A21 English |
| 21. Taimanov vs Platonov |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1971 |
USSR-ch39 Leningrad | A28 English |
| 22. Taimanov vs Karasev |
| ½-½ | 49 |
1971 |
Leningrad | A22 English |
| 23. Taimanov vs A Reshko |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1973 |
USSR | A25 English |
| 24. Taimanov vs K Pytel |
| 1-0 | 53 |
1973 |
Bucharest | A22 English |
| 25. Taimanov vs K Honfi |
| 1-0 | 48 |
1973 |
Bucharest | A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 |