| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Lisitsin vs Taimanov |
 | 0-1 | 30 |
1938 |
Telephone Match | C47 Four Knights |
| 2. Chekhover vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 68 |
1944 |
Baku | E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox |
| 3. Taimanov vs E Kuzminykh |
| 0-1 | 54 |
1946 |
Leningrad | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
| 4. M Katetov vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1946 |
Leningrad | A15 English |
| 5. Lisitsin vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1947 |
Leningrad | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 6. V Zagorovsky vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1947 |
URS-ch sf | C82 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 7. A Budo vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1947 |
Leningrad | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 8. V G Kirillov vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 12 |
1947 |
USSR ch sf | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 9. Taimanov vs Aronin |
| 0-1 | 86 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | B56 Sicilian |
| 10. Levenfish vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
| 11. Taimanov vs Kotov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 12. Lisitsin vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 20 |
1948 |
Moscow | D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 13. Chekhover vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1948 |
Leningrad | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 14. Taimanov vs Bronstein |
| 0-1 | 51 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | B58 Sicilian |
| 15. Taimanov vs Alatortsev |
| 0-1 | 50 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | C50 Giuoco Piano |
| 16. Taimanov vs Lilienthal |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 17. N Kopilov vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 52 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 18. Zamikhovsky vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 45 |
1949 |
Leningrad | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 19. E S Stoliar vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 65 |
1949 |
Leningrad | B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
| 20. G Goldberg vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
| 21. P Dubinin vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1949 |
Leningrad | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
| 22. V Liublinsky vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 26 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 23. O Troianescu vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1950 |
Szczawno Zdroj | D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 24. S Gawlikowski vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1950 |
Schiavno Zdroj | D85 Grunfeld |
| 25. F Zita vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1950 |
Schiavno Zdroj | A08 King's Indian Attack |
