| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. M Bluemich vs W Kunerth |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1938 |
Krakow | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 2. E German vs K Poschauko |
| 1-0 | 63 |
1952 |
Helsinki ol (Men) | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 3. Taimanov vs Bronstein |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1952 |
USSR Championship | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 4. Taimanov vs Aronin |
 | 1-0 | 40 |
1952 |
USSR Championship | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 5. Szabo vs Spassky |
 | 0-1 | 29 |
1953 |
Bucharest | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 6. Berliner vs C Henin |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1953 |
US Open | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 7. Najdorf vs P Trifunovic |
 | ½-½ | 41 |
1953 |
Mar del Plata | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 8. E Eliskases vs Gligoric |
 | 0-1 | 42 |
1953 |
ARG | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 9. Vidmar vs Wade |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1953 |
Opatija | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 10. Taimanov vs Najdorf |
 | 0-1 | 43 |
1953 |
Zurich Candidates | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 11. Teschner vs Gilg |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1953 |
FRG Ch 02nd | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 12. A G Ashbrook vs E LaCroix |
| 0-1 | 32 |
1953 |
US Open | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 13. Lokvenc vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1953 |
USSR vs. Austria | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 14. Najdorf vs Gligoric |
 | 0-1 | 48 |
1953 |
Mar del Plata | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 15. Gilg vs W Lange |
 | 0-1 | 21 |
1953 |
FRG Ch 02nd | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 16. E Gereben vs Szily |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1954 |
HUN-ch 10 | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 17. Larry Evans vs Taimanov |
 | 0-1 | 35 |
1954 |
New York | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 18. Polugaevsky vs G Borisenko |
 | 0-1 | 42 |
1954 |
URS-ch sf | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 19. Taimanov vs Larry Evans |
 | 0-1 | 36 |
1954 |
New York | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 20. Furman vs E Paoli |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1954 |
Bucharest | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 21. Gligoric vs A Lukic |
 | ½-½ | 78 |
1955 |
YUG-ch | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 22. T Salo vs R Dworzynski |
 | 0-1 | 47 |
1956 |
Chess Olimpic Games, Moscow, | E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov |
| 23. Pachman vs N Padevsky |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1956 |
Dresden it | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 24. Najdorf vs Uhlmann |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1956 |
Alekhine Memorial | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 25. E Asfora vs M Madeira de Ley |
| 0-1 | 28 |
1956 |
Rio de Janeiro BRA-ch | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |