| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Kholmov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 49 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 2. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | D95 Grunfeld |
| 3. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1954 |
URS-ch21 | D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 4. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 80 |
1955 |
USSR | A14 English |
| 5. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1956 |
USSR Championship | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 6. Kholmov vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1957 |
USSR Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 7. Kholmov vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1959 |
USSR Championship | B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack |
| 8. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 56 |
1961 |
USSR Championship 1961b | D56 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 9. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
 | ½-½ | 31 |
1962 |
USSR Championship | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 10. Kholmov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1963 |
Moscow tt | A48 King's Indian |
| 11. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1963 |
USSR Championship | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 12. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 59 |
1966 |
Moscow Tch-SU | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 13. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 58 |
1966 |
Kislovodsk | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 14. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 44 |
1967 |
USSR Championship 1966/67 | A30 English, Symmetrical |
| 15. Kholmov vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1967 |
Leningrad | B68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7 |
| 16. Kholmov vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 62 |
1969 |
USSR Championship | B44 Sicilian |
| 17. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1972 |
Sukhumi | A15 English |
| 18. Kholmov vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1972 |
Moscow 5' | A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 |
| 19. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 54 |
1975 |
Vilnius | A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 |
| 20. Kholmov vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 70 |
1995 |
St Petersburg | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 21. Kholmov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 11 |
1995 |
St Petersburg Chigorin me | B40 Sicilian |
| 22. Taimanov vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 35 |
2000 |
Wch Seniors | A86 Dutch |