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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Bannik vs V Tarasov |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1954 |
URS-chT | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 2. Boleslavsky vs V Tarasov |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1956 |
URS-ch sf | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 3. Bannik vs V Tarasov |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1957 |
URS-ch24 | C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical |
| 4. Nezhmetdinov vs V Tarasov |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1957 |
URS-ch24 Moscow ;URS-ch | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 5. M Mukhitdinov vs V Tarasov |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1957 |
URS-ch sf | C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange |
| 6. Boleslavsky vs V Tarasov |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1957 |
URS-ch24 | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 7. Cherepkov vs V Tarasov |
| 1-0 | 74 |
1961 |
URS-ch28 | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 8. Stein vs V Tarasov |
 | 1-0 | 39 |
1961 |
Ch URS | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 9. Polugaevsky vs V Tarasov |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1961 |
Rostov on Don (Russia) | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
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