| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Taimanov vs O Moiseev |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1951 |
Moscow | E61 King's Indian |
| 2. Taimanov vs Aronin |
| ½-½ | 29 |
1951 |
Moscow | E61 King's Indian |
| 3. Taimanov vs Bronstein |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1952 |
Ch URS | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 4. Taimanov vs Furman |
| 1-0 | 44 |
1952 |
USSR | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 5. Taimanov vs Aronin |
 | 1-0 | 40 |
1952 |
Moscow | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 6. Taimanov vs Konstantinopolsky |
| 1-0 | 67 |
1952 |
Moscow | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 7. Taimanov vs Reshevsky |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1953 |
Zurich | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 8. Taimanov vs Najdorf |
 | 0-1 | 43 |
1953 |
Zurich | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 9. Taimanov vs Boleslavsky |
 | ½-½ | 41 |
1953 |
Switzerland | E97 King's Indian |
| 10. Taimanov vs Geller |
 | 1-0 | 40 |
1953 |
Zurich ct | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
| 11. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1954 |
Riga tt | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 12. Taimanov vs Larry Evans |
 | 0-1 | 36 |
1954 |
New York | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 13. Taimanov vs L Barden |
 | 1-0 | 55 |
1954 |
London | E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox |
| 14. Taimanov vs Ragozin |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1954 |
Leningrad ch22-SU sf | E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox |
| 15. Taimanov vs A Backlund |
| 1-0 | 51 |
1954 |
Stockholm | E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox |
| 16. Taimanov vs M Shishov |
| 1-0 | 58 |
1955 |
USSR | E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox |
| 17. Taimanov vs Bannik |
| 1-0 | 31 |
1955 |
USSR | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 18. Taimanov vs Kashdan |
 | 1-0 | 21 |
1955 |
Moscow | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 19. Taimanov vs Kashdan |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1955 |
Moscow | E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox |
| 20. Taimanov vs M Oren |
| ½-½ | 34 |
1956 |
Moscow | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 21. Taimanov vs Udovcic |
| 1-0 | 53 |
1956 |
USSR | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 22. Taimanov vs V Ciocaltea |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1956 |
Moscow | E97 King's Indian |
| 23. Taimanov vs Kristinsson |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1956 |
Reykjavik | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 24. Taimanov vs G Borisenko |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1956 |
Leningrad | E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation |
| 25. Taimanov vs Uhlmann |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1956 |
Moscow | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |