| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Kotov vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1961 |
Stockholm | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 2. Korchnoi vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 62 |
1962 |
Curacao Candidates | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 3. Spassky vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1962 |
USSR Championship | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 4. D Byrne vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1962 |
Varna olm | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 5. Korchnoi vs Tal |
| 1-0 | 93 |
1964 |
USSR Championship 1964/65 | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 6. L Grigorian vs Tal |
| 0-1 | 52 |
1967 |
Moscow | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 7. Polugaevsky vs Tal |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1969 |
USSR Championship | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 8. Bagirov vs Tal |
| 0-1 | 46 |
1970 |
Dneproptrovsk | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 9. Najdorf vs Tal |
| 1-0 | 50 |
1970 |
USSR vs. Rest of the World | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 10. Bukic vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1970 |
Kapfenberg ETC | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 11. G Kuzmin vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1970 |
Sochi | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 12. Stein vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1971 |
Parnu (Estonia) | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 13. Petrosian vs Tal |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1972 |
Moskva | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 14. Savon vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1982 |
Yerevan | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
