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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Tal vs Petrosian |
 | ½-½ | 27 | 1954 | 2nd Soviet Team Cup | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 2. Tal vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1956 | URS-ch sf Tbilisi | C02 French, Advance |
| 3. Tal vs Petrosian |
 | 1-0 | 51 | 1957 | USSR Championship | C18 French, Winawer |
| 4. Tal vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 73 | 1958 | USSR Championship | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 5. Tal vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | E79 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line |
| 6. Tal vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 34 | 1959 | USSR Championship | C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 7. Petrosian vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 12 | 1959 | Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 8. Tal vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1959 | Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 9. Petrosian vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1959 | Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 10. Tal vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1959 | Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | B56 Sicilian |
| 11. Petrosian vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1961 | Bled | E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 |
| 12. Tal vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1961 | 3rd Soviet Team Cup | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 13. Petrosian vs Tal |
| 1-0 | 64 | 1962 | Curacao Candidates | A12 English with b3 |
| 14. Tal vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 20 | 1962 | Curacao Candidates | C11 French |
| 15. Petrosian vs Tal |
 | ½-½ | 50 | 1962 | Curacao Candidates | A16 English |
| 16. Petrosian vs Tal |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1963 | 9th Soviet Team Championship qual-1 | A36 English |
| 17. Petrosian vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1964 | 4th Soviet Team Cup sf Tallinn | A38 English, Symmetrical |
| 18. Petrosian vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1964 | 4th Soviet Team Cup | A30 English, Symmetrical |
| 19. Tal vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1966 | 5th Soviet Team Cup | B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack |
| 20. Tal vs Petrosian |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1967 | Moscow | C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 21. Petrosian vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1969 | USSR Championship | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 22. Petrosian vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1970 | Herceg Novi blitz | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 23. Tal vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 43 | 1971 | Moscow Blitz | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 24. Petrosian vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 14 | 1971 | Moscow | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
| 25. Petrosian vs Tal |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1972 | 12th Soviet Team Championship qual-2 | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
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