| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 2. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
 | 1-0 | 57 |
1951 |
USSR Championship | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 3. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1952 |
Stockhom Interzonal | B19 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 4. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1953 |
Tournament | A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 |
| 5. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1953 |
Zurich Candidates | E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 |
| 6. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1953 |
Zurich Candidates | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 7. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1954 |
USSR ch (14) | A10 English |
| 8. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1954 |
Riga tt | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 9. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 24 |
1955 |
USSR Championship | D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 10. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1957 |
USSR Championship | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 11. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| 1-0 | 28 |
1958 |
USSR | E97 King's Indian |
| 12. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1958 |
USSR Championship | A10 English |
| 13. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1959 |
USSR Championship | D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 14. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| 1-0 | 35 |
1959 |
Leningrad | D55 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 15. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1959 |
Leningrad | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 16. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1960 |
USSR Tch Moscow | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 17. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 44 |
1960 |
USSR Championship | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 18. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 50 |
1961 |
USSR Championship 1961a | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 19. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 48 |
1964 |
Moscow | A17 English |
| 20. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1969 |
USSR Championship | B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 21. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1970 |
Vinkovci | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
| 22. Petrosian vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1973 |
USSR Championship | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 23. Taimanov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1976 |
USSR Championship | E17 Queen's Indian |
