[Event "Petrosian mem"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1999.06.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Spassky, Boris"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2424"] [ECO "B46"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nb3 d6 8. h4 Qc7 9. h5 h6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Nc8 12. a4 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Be2 Be7 15. O-O O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian mem"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1999.06.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2424"] [BlackElo "2485"] [ECO "A11"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. d3 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian mem"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1999.06.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2424"] [BlackElo "2476"] [ECO "A12"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nd4 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Re8 14. d3 Qe7 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Nf3 a6 17. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"] [Site "Copenhagen"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Gulko, Boris"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2480"] [ECO "A13"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Nc6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 O-O 9. e3 Na5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Bg3 c6 14. Be2 b5 15. O-O Nc4 16. a4 a6 17. b3 Na5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra1 Nb7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qb6 22. Bd3 Rfc8 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Bf5 Nd8 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Qh7 Ke8 27. Bxg7 b4 28. Na4 Qb5 29. Qg8+ Nf8 30. Bxh6 Qd3 31. Rab1 Qg6 1-0

[Event "Furman mem"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "D13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titograd"] [Site "Titograd"] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2515"] [ECO "D56"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Rd8 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 c6 12. a3 b6 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bb7 15. O-O Nd7 16. Be2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titograd"] [Site "Titograd"] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2635"] [ECO "A16"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 e5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Rac1 Be6 14. a3 Bd5 15. Be3 b6 16. b4 Rac8 17. Rc2 a5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 Ne7 20. b5 Qd7 21. Qb4 e4 22. Ne1 exd3 23. Nxd3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qd5+ 25. Kg1 c5 26. bxc6 Nxc6 27. Qb5 Qxb5 28. Rxb5 Nd4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Cup"] [Site "URS"] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gulko, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2470"] [ECO "D80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 Bg7 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. O-O e5 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qg4 18. Bg3 Be6 19. Qb5 Bxa2 20. Rd2 Bxd4 21. exd4 a6 22. Qxb7 Bc4 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. h3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Spartakiad"] [Site "URS"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2560"] [ECO "A06"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 e6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 h6 8. Nbd2 c6 9. a3 Bd6 10. c4 Bg6 11. d4 Ne4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 c5 15. b4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 b6 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Qc2 e5 19. Bc3 f5 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. c5 bxc5 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Qa4 Bb8 24. Qb5 f4 25. Bg4 Nf6 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. bxc5 Nxg4 28. hxg4 fxe3 29. fxe3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rc8 31. Bxe5 Rxc5 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Bxb8 Rxc4 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Bxa7 Bf7 36. Bd4+ Ke6 37. Ra7 g6 38. a4 Be8 39. a5 Ra4 40. Bb6 h5 41. Ra8 Bb5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Rf8 Bd3 44. Kh2 Kd7 45. Rf5 Be2 46. Kg3 Kc6 47. Re5 Bg4 48. Rc5+ Kb7 49. Rc2 Ka6 50. Kf4 Bd1 51. Rd2 Bg4 52. Ke5 Kb7 53. Rc2 Bd1 54. Rb2 Kc6 55. Rd2 Bg4 56. Rc2+ Kb7 57. Kd5 Ka6 58. Rc7 Be2 59. Rc2 Bd3 60. Rb2 Ra1 61. g3 Rg1 62. Bc7 Rb1 63. Rf2 Rb5+ 64. Kd4 Rg5 65. Rf7 Rb5 66. Rf6+ Kb7 67. Bb6 Rb4+ 68. Ke5 Rb5+ 69. Kf4 Rd5 70. Rh6 Ka6 71. Rh7 Kb5 72. Rc7 Bb1 73. Ra7 Bd3 74. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 60"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2620"] [ECO "D75"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Bh3 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Bg2 Bxc3 15. Rb1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 60"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2530"] [ECO "B28"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 e5 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. f3 O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. Rc1 b6 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Nd4 15. Nd5 Nd7 16. f4 Rb8 17. f5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rf2 f6 20. Rc4 a5 21. Ra4 Ra8 22. Qe1 Ra7 23. b3 Rfa8 24. Rb2 Qc7 25. Bd2 Nb6 26. Rxa5 c4 27. Bf1 Rxa5 28. Bxa5 Qc5 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. Kh1 cxb3 31. axb3 g6 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. b4 Kg7 34. b5 f5 35. exf5 Nxf5 36. Rb3 Qd4 37. b6 Ra1 38. Rb1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "October Revolution 60"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2530"] [ECO "B28"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 e5 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. f3 O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. Rc1 b6 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Nd4 15. Nd5 Nd7 16. f4 Rb8 17. f5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rf2 f6 20. Rc4 a5 21. Ra4 Ra8 22. Qe1 Ra7 23. b3 Rfa8 24. Rb2 Qc7 25. Bd2 Nb6 26. Rxa5 c4 27. Bf1 Rxa5 28. Bxa5 Qc5 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. Kh1 cxb3 31. axb3 g6 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. b4 Kg7 34. b5 f5 35. exf5 Nxf5 36. Rb3 Qd4 37. b6 Ra1 38. Rb1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "October Revolution 60"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2595"] [ECO "D28"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Rxa4 O-O 13. Be3 a5 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Raa1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montilla"] [Site "Montilla"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2530"] [ECO "E54"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd7 9. Qe2 Bc6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. a4 Rfc8 14. Bb3 Qe8 15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. a5 Ba4 18. Bxa4 Nxa4 19. Bd2 b6 20. Rdb1 bxa5 21. c5 Nd5 22. Qd3 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qc2 Nab6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Ng5 g6 27. Qe4 Rc8 28. Qh4 h5 29. Qe4 a4 30. h3 b5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rc4 33. Qh1 Nf6 34. Ne4 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Qd7 36. Be3 e5 37. Qxe5 Qxg4+ 38. Kh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40. Qg3 Qd7 41. Qf3 Kg7 42. Rh1 b4 43. Bh6+ Kg8 44. Bg5 f5 45. Qf4 Qe6 46. Kg3 Rc3+ 47. f3 Kf7 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Re7 Qa6 50. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-FL"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Gulko, Boris"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2530"] [ECO "D02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. O-O e6 7. Nd2 Be7 8. c4 Nbd7 9. b3 Qa5 10. Bb2 Bb4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Qc1 Qxc1 15. Raxc1 Ke7 16. e3 a5 17. cxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings7576"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1976.01.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2665"] [ECO "E18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qc6 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2540"] [ECO "B46"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Bf4 Ng6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. O-O b5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Qd4 b4 12. e5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bg5 O-O 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nd6 Qc6 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. f4 f6 21. f5 fxe5 22. Qxe5 Rf6 23. Rf3 Ne7 24. Rcf1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Ne4 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 exf5 28. Rxf5 Ne3 29. Rc5 Nd1 30. Rd5 Nxb2 31. Rxd7 Nc4 32. Ng5 Re8 33. Ra7 a5 34. Kf2 h6 35. Nf3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2540"] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. f4 Qb8 12. Nd2 b6 13. a3 Na7 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. f5 e5 18. Nc2 b5 19. cxb5 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Nb4 Nf6 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Bg5 d5 24. Bxf6 Bxb4 25. Bh4 Bc5+ 26. Bf2 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2540"] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. f4 Qb8 12. Nd2 b6 13. a3 Na7 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. f5 e5 18. Nc2 b5 19. cxb5 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Nb4 Nf6 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Bg5 d5 24. Bxf6 Bxb4 25. Bh4 Bc5+ 26. Bf2 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2580"] [ECO "A14"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Rc7 14. Qb2 Nf6 15. d4 Qa8 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Bd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2635"] [ECO "E18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1 d5 10. cxd5 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 Qxd5 12. Bf4 Qb7 13. Rc1 Na6 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. a3 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gulko, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2530"] [ECO "A48"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Ne4 Qb6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. c3 d6 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. a4 cxd4 13. exd4 a6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Nd2 Rfc8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 e6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. h4 h6 20. Re4 b5 21. Ree1 Qf5 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Nd2 Qc2 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ne4 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 d5 30. Re3 Ra2 31. Re2 b4 32. cxb4 Ra4 33. Rd2 Rxb4 34. Kg3 Kf6 35. Kf3 h5 36. Ke2 e5 37. dxe5+ Kxe5 38. g3 Ke4 39. f3+ Ke5 40. Kd1 Rb3 41. Rf2 Kd4 42. g4 Ke3 43. Re2+ Kxf3 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Re5 Kg4 46. Rxd5 Rxb2 47. Ke1 Kxh4 48. Rd7 f6 49. Kf1 Kg4 50. Rg7+ Kf5 51. Rh7 Kg6 52. Rh8 f5 53. Rg8+ Kf6 54. Kg1 f4 55. Kf1 Kf5 56. Kg1 h4 57. Rg7 Ke4 58. Ra7 Kf3 59. Ra3+ Kg4 60. Ra8 Kg3 61. Rg8+ Kf3 62. Rh8 Rb1+ 63. Kh2 Kf2 64. Rxh4 f3 65. Ra4 Kf1 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Spassky, Boris"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2580"] [ECO "E54"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Bd7 9. Qe2 Bc6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Be1 Qf6 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. Rac1 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd6 19. Qe2 e5 20. Bb4 b6 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 e4 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rd7 a6 25. Qe2 Rb8 26. Rc2 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. h3 Qe5 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2580"] [ECO "E14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Qe3 g6 15. h3 Nh5 16. Nf1 Qd6 17. N1h2 Bg7 18. Ne5 dxc4 19. bxc4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc5 21. Bd4 Qc6 22. Bf1 Red8 23. Ng4 Rd7 24. Rd2 Rcd8 25. Rcd1 Qe4 26. Qc3 Qc6 27. Be3 Bf8 28. Bg5 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rd7 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Ng4 Kg8 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qc7 34. Be2 Be7 35. Bxe7 Qxe7 36. Qd6 Qf8 37. Qc7 Be4 38. Qxa7 Qa8 39. Qe7 Kg7 40. Qg5 Qxa2 41. Kh2 Qb2 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qe3 Bb1 44. Nh6+ Kf8 45. g4 Ng7 46. c5 b5 47. c6 Ne8 48. Qf4 Bf5 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Qe3 Nc7 51. Bf3 b4 52. Kg2 Qc3 53. Qa7 Qxe5 54. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Vilnius zt"] [Site "Vilnius"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gulko, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2480"] [ECO "A25"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 Nf6 6. b4 O-O 7. b5 Ne7 8. Nf3 d5 9. cxd5 Nexd5 10. Bb2 Re8 11. O-O e4 12. Nd4 Nxc3 13. dxc3 Qd5 14. Qb3 Qh5 15. c4 Bh3 16. f3 Re7 17. Rf2 exf3 18. exf3 Rae8 19. Rbf1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nd7 21. Qc2 Nb6 22. Rc1 Re3 23. Nb3 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qf5 25. Rc3 Re1 26. Qd2 h5 27. Qf4 Qxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch42"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2580"] [ECO "B46"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. f4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Qf2 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rad1 d6 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 f5 17. Qh3 Bf6 18. exf5 exf5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Bxb2 21. Qd3 Rae8 22. Ng3 Na5 23. Ne4 Qc4 24. Nxd6 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Re6 26. f5 Re7 27. Bc5 Rd7 28. Rb1 Bc3 29. a3 Nc6 30. axb4 Be5 31. Rbd1 Kg8 32. g4 h5 33. g5 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Ne5 36. Rxa6 Rxf5 37. g6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch42"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gulko, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2435"] [ECO "E43"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Be4 9. Be2 c5 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. f3 d5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Qb3 Ba6 15. Qa3 Nfd7 16. Re1 Nb6 17. cxd5 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 exd5 19. c4 N8d7 20. Bb2 Rfe8 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Ne4 N5f6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Rxc5 Qb6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Kf2 Rc4 29. Qb2 Rb4 30. Qc3 Kg7 31. Rd2 Qb5 32. Qc7 h5 33. Qxa7 Rb1 34. Re2 Qe5 35. f4 Qa1 36. Kg3 Re1 37. Qa6 Rh1 38. h3 Qg1 39. Kh4 Qb1 40. Qc6 Qg6 41. Qf3 Kh6 42. Qg3 Qd3 43. Rb2 Qd8 44. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2655"] [ECO "A36"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2660"] [ECO "A31"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Qb8 9. Qd2 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Ndb5 a6 13. Nd6 Bc6 14. a3 Ne8 15. Nxe8 Rxe8 16. b4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qc7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rc1 d6 20. Nd5 exd5 21. cxd5 b5 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd7 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Qd4 h6 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. h3 a5 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. Qxd6 Rd8 33. Qb4 Qa7+ 34. Kh2 Qe3 35. e5 Rd3 36. Qb1 Rd8 37. a4 h5 38. Qe4 Qb6 39. Rc6 Qd4 40. Rc4 Qb6 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2645"] [ECO "E46"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bc3 Nc6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Rb8 17. O-O f6 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Rc2 Qb6 20. Rfc1 Qb5 21. Qe1 f5 22. Nd2 Bb7 23. f3 Bf8 24. Qg3 Rbc8 25. Be5 Rd5 26. Nc4 Rcd8 27. h4 c5 28. Kh2 Rd1 29. Qf4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bd5 31. Rc3 Rd7 32. b3 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Rd3 35. Rc3 c4 36. Rxc4 Rxe3 37. f4 Rxb3 38. a4 Be7 39. Rc7 Bf6 40. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2660"] [ECO "E56"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc7 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. Qb3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb8 19. h3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-3teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E55"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rc7 16. Rac1 Qc8 17. Qa4 Rc4 18. Qxa7 Qc6 19. Qa3 Rc8 20. h3 h6 21. Rb1 Ra4 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Rdc1 Rc4 24. Rb2 f6 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Qd1 Nf8 27. Rb3 Ng6 28. Qb1 Ra8 29. Re4 Rca4 30. Rb2 Nf8 31. Qd3 Rc4 32. Re1 Ra3 33. Qb1 Ng6 34. Rc1 Nxc3 35. Qd3 Ne2+ 36. Qxe2 Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Qxc1+ 38. Kh2 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Nh4 0-1

[Event "Moscow-3teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Qd4 Ned7 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Nc2 Qc7 17. Kh1 h6 18. f3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. exd5 Bc5 21. Qd2 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Qf4 23. Ng4 Nxd5 24. Bxa6 Bxa6 25. Qxd5 Nc5 26. Rb1 Bb7 27. Qd2 Ne6 28. Nb5 h5 29. Nf2 Qa4 30. Nc3 Qh4 31. Nfe4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Red8 33. Qe3 b5 34. Rdc1 Ra8 35. a3 Rd4 36. Rd1 Rad8 37. Nc3 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Nd5 Rb5 40. Qe4 Qxe4 41. fxe4 Rb3 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Rxd8+ Nxd8 44. Nd5 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Spassky, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2655"] [ECO "E97"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Nh5 10. Rc1 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Ne4 Nf4 13. Re1 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b6 15. b4 h6 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. Qd3 g5 18. Nfd2 g4 19. Nf1 Qe7 20. c5 Qf7 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. b5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Qg3 Qxd5 25. Nxd6 Rad8 26. a4 Rf6 27. Ne4 Rf7 28. Nd6 Rf6 29. Ne4 Rff8 30. Nd6 h5 31. Ne4 Rc8 32. Rcd1 Rce8 33. Qc7 Bxb5 34. Nc3 Qf5 35. Rxe8 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Bxe8 37. Qc4+ Qf7 38. Nd5 Bxa4 39. Nf6+ Bxf6 40. Qxa4 Bg7 41. Nd2 Bh6 42. Qxd4 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Moscow-3teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Spassky, Boris"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E51"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2 Qe8 9. Ne5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 b5 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qc6 18. Rac1 Ne4 19. Bd4 Qd7 20. b4 Qc8 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rc2 Rd7 23. Rcc1 Rfd8 24. Qb2 Bd5 25. Qe2 Bb7 26. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-3teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Spassky, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D53"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Re8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 c5 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Rd1 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Nf6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Ne3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc8+ Rd8 23. Rc7 Rd7 24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2595"] [ECO "A22"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. exd5 Bf5 9. d4 e4 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 Rfe8 14. Na4 Qa5 15. a3 Bf8 16. Nec3 g5 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Ng4 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qc6 Rec8 21. b4 Rxc6 22. bxa5 Ra6 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxa5 25. Nac5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 f5 27. Bd2 Ra4 28. Nd6 Rd4 29. Bb4 Rxd5 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. c6 Bxd6 32. Bxd6 Rc8 33. c7 Kf7 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. Re1 Kf6 36. f4 gxf4 37. Re5 Nb6 38. Rc5 fxg3 39. Bxg3 h5 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Re5+ Kf6 42. Ra5 Ke6 43. Rxa7 Kd7 44. Ra5 Rf8 45. Bf4 Kc6 46. Re5 Kb7 47. Rb5 Kc6 48. a4 Ra8 49. Kf3 Rf8 50. Rb4 Re8 51. a5 Nc8 52. Rd4 Kb7 53. a6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch41"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2585"] [ECO "A22"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qb3 Ndf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 Qf5 14. Bf1 b6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. f3 c5 17. Qd1 Ng5 18. Qd2 h6 19. h4 Ne6 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. Qg3 Bb5 22. Nf2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rad8 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Qxg4 26. fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2645"] [ECO "E46"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bc3 Nc6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Rb8 17. O-O f6 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Rc2 Qb6 20. Rfc1 Qb5 21. Qe1 f5 22. Nd2 Bb7 23. f3 Bf8 24. Qg3 Rbc8 25. Be5 Rd5 26. Nc4 Rcd8 27. h4 c5 28. Kh2 Rd1 29. Qf4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bd5 31. Rc3 Rd7 32. b3 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Rd3 35. Rc3 c4 36. Rxc4 Rxe3 37. f4 Rxb3 38. a4 Be7 39. Rc7 Bf6 40. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2660"] [ECO "E56"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc7 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. Qb3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb8 19. h3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-3teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E55"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rc7 16. Rac1 Qc8 17. Qa4 Rc4 18. Qxa7 Qc6 19. Qa3 Rc8 20. h3 h6 21. Rb1 Ra4 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Rdc1 Rc4 24. Rb2 f6 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Qd1 Nf8 27. Rb3 Ng6 28. Qb1 Ra8 29. Re4 Rca4 30. Rb2 Nf8 31. Qd3 Rc4 32. Re1 Ra3 33. Qb1 Ng6 34. Rc1 Nxc3 35. Qd3 Ne2+ 36. Qxe2 Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Qxc1+ 38. Kh2 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Nh4 0-1

[Event "Moscow-3teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Qd4 Ned7 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Nc2 Qc7 17. Kh1 h6 18. f3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. exd5 Bc5 21. Qd2 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Qf4 23. Ng4 Nxd5 24. Bxa6 Bxa6 25. Qxd5 Nc5 26. Rb1 Bb7 27. Qd2 Ne6 28. Nb5 h5 29. Nf2 Qa4 30. Nc3 Qh4 31. Nfe4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Red8 33. Qe3 b5 34. Rdc1 Ra8 35. a3 Rd4 36. Rd1 Rad8 37. Nc3 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Nd5 Rb5 40. Qe4 Qxe4 41. fxe4 Rb3 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Rxd8+ Nxd8 44. Nd5 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2610"] [ECO "E41"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Be4 Ba6 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bc2 Rac8 16. Be3 Na5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Bc3 Rfe8 19. Qg4 Rcd8 20. h3 Bc4 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf3 a5 23. Re3 b5 24. b3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. bxc4 bxc3 28. c5 Qb8 29. Qxc3 Qf4 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nxd4 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Ne6 34. Bb3 Nxc5 35. Bxd5 Nd3 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Ne5 38. h4 Kf6 39. Bb7 Nc4 40. g3 Nd6 41. Bc6 Ke5 42. Kf3 h6 43. Ba4 f5 44. Bc6 Ne4 45. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2585"] [ECO "A48"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. c4 Ne4 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. Nfd2 Ndf6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. f3 Nf6 13. Nc3 d5 14. Rc1 c6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. f4 e6 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Rc2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rac8 21. Rdc1 b5 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Ne4 h6 24. Bf2 a5 25. a3 a4 26. Qd3 f5 27. Nc5 Qd6 28. Qd2 Rf7 29. Nd3 Kh7 30. Ne5 Rfc7 31. Qe2 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qe7 33. e4 fxe4 34. Qxe4 Qg5 35. Kh1 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2595"] [ECO "A77"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Nd1 b6 15. Ra3 f5 16. exf5 Ba6 17. Ne4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nf7 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. f6 Bf8 21. Bd2 Qd7 22. Bc3 Bh6 23. Ne3 Rg8 24. Rg7 Rxg7 25. fxg7+ Bxg7 26. Nf6 Bxf6 27. Bxf6+ Kg8 28. Qe4 Re8 29. Qf4 Kf8 30. Nf5 Qb7 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Bc3 Qa6+ 33. Kg1 Qd3 34. h3 Re2 35. Ng3 Qxd5 36. Nxe2 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qxe2 38. Qg3+ Kf8 39. Qg7+ Ke7 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qf5 Nd8 42. Qxh7 Qxf2 43. Qxh5+ Nf7 44. Qg4 Kd8 45. Qe6 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2585"] [ECO "D45"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. g3 Bb4 15. Qb3 a5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Bg4 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Nb5 Ne6 23. Nd6 Red8 24. Nxb7 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sukhumi"] [Site "Sukhumi"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A69"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. f4 c4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxc4 Nb6 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. Nd6 Bxe5 17. Nxe8 Qh4 18. h3 Qg3 19. Bxg4 Qh2+ 20. Kf2 Qg3+ 21. Kg1 Qh2+ 22. Kf2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2590"] [ECO "B42"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Qe2 Nbc6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. c4 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Qc7 12. c5 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. N1d2 d5 16. e5 Bd7 17. Rfc1 O-O 18. Qd4 Qb8 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Qe3 Rc8 21. Rc5 a5 22. Rac1 a4 23. Nbd4 Na5 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. b3 Bd7 26. h4 h6 27. g4 Qb7 28. h5 Nc6 29. g5 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 hxg5 31. Qxg5 Kh7 32. Rc3 Qb4 33. Rg3 Rg8 34. Nf3 axb3 35. axb3 Qxb3 36. Qc1 Qa2 37. Ng5+ Kh8 38. Nxf7+ Kh7 39. Qg5 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2590"] [ECO "B42"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Qe2 Nbc6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. c4 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Qc7 12. c5 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. N1d2 d5 16. e5 Bd7 17. Rfc1 O-O 18. Qd4 Qb8 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Qe3 Rc8 21. Rc5 a5 22. Rac1 a4 23. Nbd4 Na5 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. b3 Bd7 26. h4 h6 27. g4 Qb7 28. h5 Nc6 29. g5 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 hxg5 31. Qxg5 Kh7 32. Rc3 Qb4 33. Rg3 Rg8 34. Nf3 axb3 35. axb3 Qxb3 36. Qc1 Qa2 37. Ng5+ Kh8 38. Nxf7+ Kh7 39. Qg5 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2590"] [ECO "E61"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Qc2 c5 9. d5 e5 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 h6 15. Bh4 Rae8 16. Rae1 Bc8 17. h3 Re3 18. Bf2 Re7 19. g4 Rfe8 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bd3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Qd8 25. Qe2 Kf8 26. b3 a5 27. Bg3 Qe7 28. Kf2 Qxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Ke7 30. Nd2 Nf6 31. Bh4 Ke8 32. Kf3 Bd7 33. Be2 Bc8 34. Kg2 Kf8 35. Bf3 Bd7 36. Nf1 Bc8 37. Ne3 Bd7 38. Nd1 Bc8 39. Nf2 Bd7 40. Kf1 Bc8 41. Ke2 Bd7 42. Kd2 Bc8 43. Nd1 Bd7 44. Nc3 Bh8 45. Nd1 Bg7 46. Nf2 Bc8 47. Be2 Bd7 48. g5 hxg5 49. fxg5 Ne8 50. Bg4 Bxg4 51. Nxg4 Ke7 52. Kd3 Bb2 53. Bg3 Ng7 54. Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Fischer, Robert James"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2740"] [ECO "E97"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Ne8 10. Rc1 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Qc8 15. Qb3 c6 16. Bh5 Qxe6 17. Qxb7 Nf6 18. Be2 Rfb8 19. Qa6 Rxb2 20. Rfd1 e4 21. Qa3 Rb7 22. Bf4 d5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Nb5 Ng6 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Qe3 Kh7 27. h3 Rf8 28. Ba6 Rb6 29. Rc7 Qa4 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bxh6+ Kf7 32. Be2 Rfb8 33. Nxf5 Rb1 34. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Kh2 Qd7 36. Nd4 Qd6+ 37. g3 Qb4 38. Nc6 Qb6 39. Nxa7 Qxe3 40. Bxe3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2620"] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Nxe4 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Be3 Kd7 12. N1c3 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Kd8 14. Nb5 Be6 15. O-O-O b6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nb7 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Rd2 Be7 20. Rhd1 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Kc7 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Rde1 Rac8 24. Bc4 Rhf8 25. b4 a5 26. Bd5 Kb8 27. a3 Rfd8 28. Bxf7 Bc3 29. Bd2 d5 30. Rd1 d4 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Kb2 d3 33. Kxc3 dxe2 34. Re1 Nd6 35. Bh5 Nb5+ 36. Kb2 axb4 37. axb4 Rd4 38. c3 Rh4 39. Bxe2 Nd6 40. Rd1 Kc7 41. h3 Rf4 42. Rf1 Re4 43. Bd3 Re5 44. Rf2 h5 45. c4 Rg5 46. Kc3 Kd7 47. Ra2 Kc8 48. Kd4 Kc7 49. Ra7+ Kd8 50. c5 bxc5+ 51. bxc5 Ne8 52. Ra2 Nc7 53. Bc4 Kd7 54. Rb2 Kc6 55. Bb3 Nb5+ 56. Ke3 Kxc5 57. Kf4 Rg6 58. Bd1 h4 59. Kf5 Rh6 60. Kg5 Nd6 61. Bc2 Nf7+ 62. Kg4 Ne5+ 63. Kf4 Kd4 64. Rb4+ Kc3 65. Rb5 Nf7 66. Rc5+ Kd4 67. Rf5 g5+ 68. Kg4 Ne5+ 69. Kxg5 Rg6+ 70. Kxh4 Rxg2 71. Bd1 Rg8 72. Bg4 Ke4 73. Kg3 Rg7 74. Rf4+ Kd5 75. Ra4 Ng6 76. Ra6 Ne5 77. Kf4 Rf7+ 78. Kg5 Rg7+ 79. Kf5 Rf7+ 80. Rf6 Rxf6+ 81. Kxf6 Ke4 82. Bc8 Kf4 83. h4 Nf3 84. h5 Ng5 85. Bf5 Nf3 86. h6 Ng5 87. Kg6 Nf3 88. h7 Ne5+ 89. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Fischer, Robert James"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2740"] [ECO "E97"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Ne8 10. Rc1 f5 11. Qb3 b6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. f4 h6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. c5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rc6 Kh8 20. Nf3 Bb7 21. Rg6 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Re6 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qa4 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Bf8 29. b4 Be4 30. Re8 Bc6 31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Rxd8 Qf6 33. Rc8 Qe7 34. Kf1 Kh7 35. Nd4 Bg7 36. Nb5 Be5 37. a3 Qd7 38. Ra8 f3 39. gxf3 Bxh2 40. Kg2 Qg7+ 41. Kxh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2620"] [ECO "B47"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. f3 Be6 16. f4 Rd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Rfe1 Rxd5 20. Rxe4+ Kd8 21. Qe2 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1+ Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. Re5 b6 25. Bf1 a5 26. Bc4 Rf8 27. Kg2 Kd6 28. Kf3 Nd7 29. Re3 Nb8 30. Rd3+ Kc7 31. c3 Nc6 32. Re3 Kd6 33. a4 Ne7 34. h3 Nc6 35. h4 h5 36. Rd3+ Kc7 37. Rd5 f5 38. Rd2 Rf6 39. Re2 Kd7 40. Re3 g6 41. Bb5 Rd6 42. Ke2 Kd8 43. Rd3 Kc7 44. Rxd6 Kxd6 45. Kd3 Ne7 46. Be8 Kd5 47. Bf7+ Kd6 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. Be8+ Kb7 50. Kb5 Nc8 51. Bc6+ Kc7 52. Bd5 Ne7 53. Bf7 Kb7 54. Bb3 Ka7 55. Bd1 Kb7 56. Bf3+ Kc7 57. Ka6 Nc8 58. Bd5 Ne7 59. Bc4 Nc6 60. Bf7 Ne7 61. Be8 Kd8 62. Bxg6 Nxg6 63. Kxb6 Kd7 64. Kxc5 Ne7 65. b4 axb4 66. cxb4 Nc8 67. a5 Nd6 68. b5 Ne4+ 69. Kb6 Kc8 70. Kc6 Kb8 71. b6 1-0

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Fischer, Robert James"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2740"] [ECO "D80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Rb1 b6 9. Be2 Bh6 10. Nf3 c6 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. f4 Bd5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nxc4 O-O 15. a4 c5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 f6 18. Rb2 Be6 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Bg4 Qc8 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qe8 25. exf6 exf6 26. Qd6 Rc8 27. a5 Bf8 28. Qd2 Be7 29. Bd5 Qf7 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Qd7 Kf7 32. Qxa7 bxa5 33. e4 Qc6 34. Rd7 Qxe4 35. h3 a4 36. Bf2 Kf8 37. c4 a3 38. Qxa3 Ra8 39. Qb2 Ke8 40. Qb5 Kf8 41. Rd1 Qxf4 42. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 43. Qxc5+ Kg7 44. Rf1 Qe4 45. Qc7+ Kh6 46. Rxf6 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2620"] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 Nd4 12. Nc4 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Bxf5 Rxc4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Rd4 18. O-O Qg5 19. Rad1 Qf5 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rd1 Qe5 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 d5 26. Nc3 Bc5 27. Rd2 Rf4 28. g3 Rc4 29. Ne2 Ra4 30. a3 Kd7 31. Kg2 b5 32. c3 a5 33. Nd4 b4 34. Nb3 Bb6 35. axb4 axb4 36. c4 Kc6 37. c5 Bc7 38. Nd4+ Kd7 39. f4 e5 40. c6+ Kc8 41. Nb5 Ra2 42. f5 Bd8 43. Rxd5 Rxb2+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch39"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "B47"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. f4 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 Qc7 11. O-O Nh6 12. Qd3 Nf5 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Rae1 h5 16. Ne4 h4 17. Rf3 Qc6 18. b3 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 O-O 20. Bc3 Be7 21. Re2 b4 22. Bb2 Rfd8 23. Rf1 d6 24. Qf3 d5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6 d4 27. Qg4 g6 28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Qf3 Rc5 30. Rdd2 Qxf3 31. gxf3 h3 32. Kg1 Rd5 33. Kf2 Kh7 34. Re4 Ra5 35. Bxd4 Rxa2 36. Ree2 Kh6 37. Be5 g5 38. c4 Rxd2 39. fxg5+ Kxg5 40. Rxd2 a5 41. Rd7 a4 42. bxa4 Kg6 43. Ke2 Rc5 44. f4 Rxc4 45. Rd3 Rc2+ 46. Rd2 Rc5 47. Rb2 Kh5 48. Kd3 Rc1 49. Rxb4 Rh1 50. Rb2 Ra1 51. Rb7 Ra3+ 52. Kc4 Rxa4+ 53. Kb5 Ra2 54. Rxf7 Rd2 55. Rh7+ Kg6 56. Rxh3 Nd6+ 57. Kc6 Ne4 58. Rh8 Nxf6 59. h4 Rd1 60. Rf8 Nh5 61. Rg8+ Kf7 62. Rh8 Rc1+ 63. Kd6 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Kg6 65. Rf8 Rd5+ 66. Kc6 Rd1 67. Bd6 Kg7 68. Ra8 Kg6 69. Ra5 Rd5 70. Ra1 Rd4 71. Rg1+ Kf7 72. Be5 Rd3 73. Rb1 Rh3 74. Rb7+ Kg6 75. Re7 Rxh4 76. Rxe6+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch39"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 Ne7 12. Nc4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Bc6 16. Bc4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rc8 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Ke7 20. Ke2 Ke6 21. Rhd1 f5 22. g3 f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Ng2 Rxc2+ 25. Kf3 Bc5 26. Nxf4+ Kf6 27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Rd7 b5 29. Re1 Kg7 30. Re4 Rc4 31. Ne5 Rxe4 32. Kxe4 Kg8 33. f4 Bf8 34. Nxf7 Rc2 35. Ng5 Bh6 36. Ne6 Rxh2 37. Kf5 Bxf4 38. Kxf4 Rxb2 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Ra7 h5 41. Rxa6 b4 42. Nd4 Rg2 43. Kf3 Rd2 44. Ke3 Rb2 45. Kf4 Rd2 46. Nf5 Rb2 47. Kg5 b3 48. Rh6+ Kg8 49. Kf6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch39"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 Ne7 12. Nc4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Bc6 16. Bc4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rc8 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Ke7 20. Ke2 Ke6 21. Rhd1 f5 22. g3 f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Ng2 Rxc2+ 25. Kf3 Bc5 26. Nxf4+ Kf6 27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Rd7 b5 29. Re1 Kg7 30. Re4 Rc4 31. Ne5 Rxe4 32. Kxe4 Kg8 33. f4 Bf8 34. Nxf7 Rc2 35. Ng5 Bh6 36. Ne6 Rxh2 37. Kf5 Bxf4 38. Kxf4 Rxb2 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Ra7 h5 41. Rxa6 b4 42. Nd4 Rg2 43. Kf3 Rd2 44. Ke3 Rb2 45. Kf4 Rd2 46. Nf5 Rb2 47. Kg5 b3 48. Rh6+ Kg8 49. Kf6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch39"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "B14"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bxd4 13. Qe4 Bf6 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nc8 16. Rd3 Nd6 17. Qf4 Qd7 18. Rh3 h5 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Rf3 b5 21. h3 a5 22. a3 Kg7 23. Qd2 Rc7 24. a4 b4 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Fischer, Robert James"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2740"] [ECO "E97"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Ne8 10. Rc1 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Qc8 15. Qb3 c6 16. Bh5 Qxe6 17. Qxb7 Nf6 18. Be2 Rfb8 19. Qa6 Rxb2 20. Rfd1 e4 21. Qa3 Rb7 22. Bf4 d5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Nb5 Ng6 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Qe3 Kh7 27. h3 Rf8 28. Ba6 Rb6 29. Rc7 Qa4 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bxh6+ Kf7 32. Be2 Rfb8 33. Nxf5 Rb1 34. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Kh2 Qd7 36. Nd4 Qd6+ 37. g3 Qb4 38. Nc6 Qb6 39. Nxa7 Qxe3 40. Bxe3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2620"] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Nxe4 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Be3 Kd7 12. N1c3 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Kd8 14. Nb5 Be6 15. O-O-O b6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nb7 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Rd2 Be7 20. Rhd1 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Kc7 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Rde1 Rac8 24. Bc4 Rhf8 25. b4 a5 26. Bd5 Kb8 27. a3 Rfd8 28. Bxf7 Bc3 29. Bd2 d5 30. Rd1 d4 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Kb2 d3 33. Kxc3 dxe2 34. Re1 Nd6 35. Bh5 Nb5+ 36. Kb2 axb4 37. axb4 Rd4 38. c3 Rh4 39. Bxe2 Nd6 40. Rd1 Kc7 41. h3 Rf4 42. Rf1 Re4 43. Bd3 Re5 44. Rf2 h5 45. c4 Rg5 46. Kc3 Kd7 47. Ra2 Kc8 48. Kd4 Kc7 49. Ra7+ Kd8 50. c5 bxc5+ 51. bxc5 Ne8 52. Ra2 Nc7 53. Bc4 Kd7 54. Rb2 Kc6 55. Bb3 Nb5+ 56. Ke3 Kxc5 57. Kf4 Rg6 58. Bd1 h4 59. Kf5 Rh6 60. Kg5 Nd6 61. Bc2 Nf7+ 62. Kg4 Ne5+ 63. Kf4 Kd4 64. Rb4+ Kc3 65. Rb5 Nf7 66. Rc5+ Kd4 67. Rf5 g5+ 68. Kg4 Ne5+ 69. Kxg5 Rg6+ 70. Kxh4 Rxg2 71. Bd1 Rg8 72. Bg4 Ke4 73. Kg3 Rg7 74. Rf4+ Kd5 75. Ra4 Ng6 76. Ra6 Ne5 77. Kf4 Rf7+ 78. Kg5 Rg7+ 79. Kf5 Rf7+ 80. Rf6 Rxf6+ 81. Kxf6 Ke4 82. Bc8 Kf4 83. h4 Nf3 84. h5 Ng5 85. Bf5 Nf3 86. h6 Ng5 87. Kg6 Nf3 88. h7 Ne5+ 89. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Fischer, Robert James"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2740"] [ECO "E97"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Ne8 10. Rc1 f5 11. Qb3 b6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. f4 h6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. c5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rc6 Kh8 20. Nf3 Bb7 21. Rg6 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Re6 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qa4 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Bf8 29. b4 Be4 30. Re8 Bc6 31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Rxd8 Qf6 33. Rc8 Qe7 34. Kf1 Kh7 35. Nd4 Bg7 36. Nb5 Be5 37. a3 Qd7 38. Ra8 f3 39. gxf3 Bxh2 40. Kg2 Qg7+ 41. Kxh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2620"] [ECO "B47"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. f3 Be6 16. f4 Rd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Rfe1 Rxd5 20. Rxe4+ Kd8 21. Qe2 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1+ Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. Re5 b6 25. Bf1 a5 26. Bc4 Rf8 27. Kg2 Kd6 28. Kf3 Nd7 29. Re3 Nb8 30. Rd3+ Kc7 31. c3 Nc6 32. Re3 Kd6 33. a4 Ne7 34. h3 Nc6 35. h4 h5 36. Rd3+ Kc7 37. Rd5 f5 38. Rd2 Rf6 39. Re2 Kd7 40. Re3 g6 41. Bb5 Rd6 42. Ke2 Kd8 43. Rd3 Kc7 44. Rxd6 Kxd6 45. Kd3 Ne7 46. Be8 Kd5 47. Bf7+ Kd6 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. Be8+ Kb7 50. Kb5 Nc8 51. Bc6+ Kc7 52. Bd5 Ne7 53. Bf7 Kb7 54. Bb3 Ka7 55. Bd1 Kb7 56. Bf3+ Kc7 57. Ka6 Nc8 58. Bd5 Ne7 59. Bc4 Nc6 60. Bf7 Ne7 61. Be8 Kd8 62. Bxg6 Nxg6 63. Kxb6 Kd7 64. Kxc5 Ne7 65. b4 axb4 66. cxb4 Nc8 67. a5 Nd6 68. b5 Ne4+ 69. Kb6 Kc8 70. Kc6 Kb8 71. b6 1-0

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Fischer, Robert James"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2740"] [ECO "D80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Rb1 b6 9. Be2 Bh6 10. Nf3 c6 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. f4 Bd5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nxc4 O-O 15. a4 c5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 f6 18. Rb2 Be6 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Bg4 Qc8 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qe8 25. exf6 exf6 26. Qd6 Rc8 27. a5 Bf8 28. Qd2 Be7 29. Bd5 Qf7 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Qd7 Kf7 32. Qxa7 bxa5 33. e4 Qc6 34. Rd7 Qxe4 35. h3 a4 36. Bf2 Kf8 37. c4 a3 38. Qxa3 Ra8 39. Qb2 Ke8 40. Qb5 Kf8 41. Rd1 Qxf4 42. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 43. Qxc5+ Kg7 44. Rf1 Qe4 45. Qc7+ Kh6 46. Rxf6 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Candidats qf3"] [Site "Vancouver"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2620"] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 Nd4 12. Nc4 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Bxf5 Rxc4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Rd4 18. O-O Qg5 19. Rad1 Qf5 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rd1 Qe5 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 d5 26. Nc3 Bc5 27. Rd2 Rf4 28. g3 Rc4 29. Ne2 Ra4 30. a3 Kd7 31. Kg2 b5 32. c3 a5 33. Nd4 b4 34. Nb3 Bb6 35. axb4 axb4 36. c4 Kc6 37. c5 Bc7 38. Nd4+ Kd7 39. f4 e5 40. c6+ Kc8 41. Nb5 Ra2 42. f5 Bd8 43. Rxd5 Rxb2+ 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "19"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 b6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. f3 Ra7 14. Nc2 Rd8 15. Qe1 Be8 16. Qf2 Rb7 17. a4 a5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Qg3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. f4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Ne6 28. Qg3 Qc7 29. Nd5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Bc6 31. Rc3 Ng5 32. Bc2 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Qc7 34. e5 dxe5 35. Qxe5 Rdb8 36. Bf5 Qxe5 37. Rxe5 g6 38. h4 Nh7 39. Bg4 Nf6 40. Bf3 Rd7 41. Rb5 Rd4 42. c5 Rxh4+ 43. Kg1 Rb4 44. Rxb4 axb4 45. Rc4 bxc5 46. Rxc5 Kg7 47. a5 Re8 48. Rc1 Re5 49. Ra1 Re7 50. Kf2 Ne8 51. a6 Ra7 52. Ke3 Nc7 53. Bb7 Ne6 54. Ra5 Kf6 55. Kd3 Ke7 56. Kc4 Kd6 57. Rd5+ Kc7 58. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A12"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. a3 Rfd8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. e4 N5b6 17. Ne3 Qc5 18. Qe2 e5 19. Rac1 Qf8 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. a4 Ba3 22. Rfd1 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 f6 24. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "19"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 b6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. f3 Ra7 14. Nc2 Rd8 15. Qe1 Be8 16. Qf2 Rb7 17. a4 a5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Qg3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. f4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Ne6 28. Qg3 Qc7 29. Nd5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Bc6 31. Rc3 Ng5 32. Bc2 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Qc7 34. e5 dxe5 35. Qxe5 Rdb8 36. Bf5 Qxe5 37. Rxe5 g6 38. h4 Nh7 39. Bg4 Nf6 40. Bf3 Rd7 41. Rb5 Rd4 42. c5 Rxh4+ 43. Kg1 Rb4 44. Rxb4 axb4 45. Rc4 bxc5 46. Rxc5 Kg7 47. a5 Re8 48. Rc1 Re5 49. Ra1 Re7 50. Kf2 Ne8 51. a6 Ra7 52. Ke3 Nc7 53. Bb7 Ne6 54. Ra5 Kf6 55. Kd3 Ke7 56. Kc4 Kd6 57. Rd5+ Kc7 58. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Nxc4 e6 8. f3 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Bxc5 11. e4 Nc6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Kf2 Ke7 14. Nc3 Rhc8 15. Rd1 Bxe3+ 16. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skopje"] [Site "Skopje"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O Nb4 9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 a5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nc4 Rfe8 15. Qf3 b6 16. Bf4 Qa7 17. g4 Nd7 18. Bg3 Nf8 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Ng6 21. e5 Qd7 22. Qg3 Rad8 23. f4 f5 24. Rd2 Qf7 25. Rg2 Rd7 26. h3 Ne7 27. Qf3 Nc8 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Ne2 Ne7 30. Qb3 Nd5 31. gxf5 Qxf5 32. Qf3 Rf7 33. Rg4 Qc2 34. Ng3 Qxb2 35. f5 Qc3 36. f6 Ref8 37. Nh5 g6 38. Ng3 Ra8 39. Ne2 Qxf3 40. Rxf3 Rxa4 41. h4 Ra3 42. Kf2 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Vinkovci"] [Site "Vinkovci"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A48"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. h3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Be2 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. Bh2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Nd5 13. O-O Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Nd6 Bf8 18. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rb8 20. Bb5 Rxb7 21. Bxc6 Rxb2 22. a4 Rc2 23. Nd4 Rxc3 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bd7 Kf7 26. Re1 e5 27. Rxe5 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Bd6 29. Rd5 Ke7 30. Bg4 f3+ 31. g3 Rc3 32. Ra5 Bc5 33. Rb5 Bxf2 34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. Rb4 Ke5 36. Rb5+ Kd6 37. Rb1 Bd4 38. Rf1 Rc2+ 39. Kh1 f2 40. Rd1 Ke5 41. Kg2 Ke4 42. Rb1 Rc3 43. Be2 Ra3 44. Bb5 Ke3 45. Rd1 Rb3 46. Bf1 a5 47. Ba6 Rb2 48. Rd3+ Ke4 49. Rd1 f1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 Kf3 51. Rd3+ Be3 52. Ke1 Rb1+ 53. Rd1 Bf2+ 54. Kd2 Rb4 55. Bb5 Kxg3 56. Bd7 Re4 57. Kc3 Re5 58. Kc4 Rc5+ 59. Kd3 Rd5+ 60. Ke2 Re5+ 61. Kf1 Re3 62. Bb5 Rf3 63. Rd7 Rf4 64. Rd3+ Kh4 65. Kg2 Bc5 66. Rd2 Rf5 67. Bd7 Rg5+ 68. Kh2 Be3 69. Rg2 Bf4+ 70. Kh1 Rd5 71. Rg4+ Kh5 72. Bb5 Bd6 73. Re4 Kg5 74. Kg2 Kf6 75. Kf3 h6 76. Ke2 Rg5 77. Bd7 Be5 78. Kf2 Bc7 79. Re6+ Kf7 80. Re4 Rc5 81. Kf3 Rc3+ 82. Re3 Rc1 83. Rd3 Kf6 84. Rd5 Rc4 85. Bb5 Rf4+ 86. Kg2 Rb4 87. Bd7 Rb2+ 88. Kf3 Rb3+ 89. Ke2 Rc3 90. Rd3 Rc2+ 91. Kf3 g5 92. Rd5 Rc4 93. Kg2 Rc3 94. Kf2 Ke7 95. Ke2 Ra3 96. Bc6 Bf4 97. h4 Rc3 98. Ba8 Re3+ 99. Kf1 g4 100. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vinkovci"] [Site "Vinkovci"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A29"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. O-O Nb6 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 O-O 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Bxb7 Rab8 14. Bg2 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. a4 Qe8 17. Bb2 Bd6 18. Bc3 Bd7 19. Bxa5 Bxa4 20. Qc1 Bd7 21. Ne4 Be6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Qc7 Nd7 24. Qxd6 Rb2 25. Rfe1 Qb8 26. Bc7 Qb3 27. Bc6 Nb8 28. Bf3 Nd7 29. Bc6 Nb8 30. Bf3 Nd7 31. Rec1 Rc8 32. Qa6 Re8 33. Qa5 Bh3 34. Bd5 Qb4 35. Qxb4 Rxb4 36. f3 h5 37. Kf2 Nf6 38. Bc6 Re6 39. Ra5 e4 40. dxe4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch37"] [Site "URS"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A86"] 1. c4 g6 2. g3 f5 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d5 c5 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nf4 a6 13. a5 Qe8 14. Rab1 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. b3 Rb8 17. e4 e5 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rbe1 Kh8 21. Bh3 Ng4 22. Nd5 Bd4 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. exf5 Qxe1 25. Rxe1 Bxe1 26. Bxg4 Kg8 27. Qb2 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Nd7 Kg6 31. Qa1 Bb4 32. Qxa6 Rbd8 33. Qxd6+ Kh5 34. Qe7 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 Kg6 36. Kg2 Rf7 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kg6 39. h3 Rf6 40. g4 h6 41. f4 Ba3 42. Kf3 fxg4+ 43. hxg4 Bb4 44. Qe7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch37"] [Site "URS"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 c5 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch37"] [Site "URS"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B49"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. e5 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qd3 Qb8 16. a4 Qxe5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Nc6 20. c4 Ke7 21. Ra4 Ra8 22. Rfa1 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budva"] [Site "Budva"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A24"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nh5 8. d4 Nd7 9. e4 c6 10. Re1 a6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Qd2 exd4 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bb6 Be6 16. Na4 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budva"] [Site "Budva"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. dxc5 N6d7 10. Na4 Na6 11. Bc3 Ndxc5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bc2 b6 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Rg1 Be4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rd3 21. Ke2 Rxc3 22. Rgd1 Rac8 23. a4 Rc2+ 24. Kf3 R8c6 25. Kg3 R6c5 26. h4 Ra5 27. Rd4 b5 28. Re4 e6 29. Rb4 Rc5 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. Ke4 Rxa4 32. Rbxa4 bxa4 33. Rxa4 a5 34. g4 Ke7 35. g5 Kd6 36. Kd3 Kc6 37. Ra1 e5 38. f3 Kb6 39. Ke4 Rb5 40. Ra2 Kc6 41. Ra1 Kb6 42. Ra2 Kc5 43. Ra1 Kd6 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Ra2 f5 46. gxf6 Kxf6 47. Ra1 h5 48. Ra2 Kf5 49. Ra1 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 Rb2+ 51. Kd3 Rf2 52. f4 e4+ 53. Kc3 Kg4 54. Rxa5 Kf3 55. f5 gxf5 56. Rxf5+ Kxe3 57. Rxh5 Rf6 58. Rh8 Rc6+ 59. Kb2 Kf2 60. Rf8+ Ke2 61. h5 e3 62. Rg8 Rh6 63. Rg5 Kd3 64. Rd5+ Ke4 65. Rd8 e2 66. Kc2 Ke3 67. Re8+ Kf2 68. Rf8+ Ke1 69. Rf5 Rc6+ 70. Kb2 Kd2 0-1

[Event "October Revolution 50"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D57"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 c6 12. c4 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rfc8 17. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn zt playoff"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A33"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nc2 Bc5 8. e3 O-O 9. Bg2 Qa6 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. a3 d5 12. cxd5 Qxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Nxd5 14. b4 Be7 15. Bb2 Nb6 16. b5 Na5 17. Bc3 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nc5 19. O-O Bd7 20. Ba5 Be8 21. Ncd4 Rac8 22. Nc3 Rd7 23. Rfd1 Kf8 24. Nde2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nc4 26. Bb4 a5 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Bxe7+ Kxe7 30. Bxe4 Nd6 31. Bd3 Bb5 32. Kf1 Nc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Ke1 e5 35. Kd2 Ba4 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Nxc1 Kd6 38. e4 Bc6 39. Kd3 Kc5 40. Na2 Bb5+ 41. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn zt playoff"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A35"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. f3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. e4 b6 11. Qb1 Bb7 12. Ne3 Ba6 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qa5 15. Nd5 O-O 16. Nb4 Bb7 17. Nd5 Ba6 18. Nb4 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca mem"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E54"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg5 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bd8 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Bxd8 Nxd8 21. Ng5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc6 23. Ba2 Kf8 24. Re1 Rc8 25. f3 Rc7 26. Nh7+ Kg8 27. Ng5 Kf8 28. Nh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budva"] [Site "Budva"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E47"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Re8 6. Ne2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. Ng3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. f3 b6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Bf5 Qe7 14. Rae1 Na5 15. e4 c5 16. f4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc7 18. c5 exd4 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. e5 Qd5 21. Rf2 Bc6 22. Qc2 d3 23. Qxd3 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Rad8 25. Ba6 Ng4 26. Rfe2 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. h3 Nh6 29. f5 Rd3 30. Kh2 Rxg3 31. Kxg3 Nxf5+ 32. Kh2 Nd4 33. Re4 Ne6 34. Ra4 Ra8 35. Be3 Nbc5 36. Ra3 a5 37. Rb1 Ra6 38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Rc3 Kf8 40. Rc4 Ke7 41. Rg4 g6 42. Rd4 Nd7 43. Rb5 Ra7 44. Rc4 a4 45. a3 h5 46. Kg3 Ke6 47. Rc6+ Kf5 48. e6+ Ne5 49. exf7 Rxf7 50. Rc2 Re7 51. Rf2+ Ke4 52. Re2+ Kd4 53. Rb4+ Kd3 54. Rbe4 h4+ 55. Kf4 g5+ 56. Kf5 Nc6 57. R2e3+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca mem"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D71"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. a4 Rb8 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. O-O Bb7 14. e4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc5 16. Ra7 Ba6 17. e5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qxd4 19. Rxe7 Rfe8 20. Be3 Qc3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. f4 Rd8 23. Kh1 Rd3 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. e6 Re3 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Bd5+ Kf8 28. Qb5 Bf6 29. g4 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kislovodsk"] [Site "Kislovodsk"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B56"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Qe2 a6 8. Bg5 b5 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qb7 11. O-O-O e6 12. f4 Nc5 13. Rhe1 Ra7 14. Nf5 f6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxf6+ Kd8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Rxd6 Kc7 20. Red1 Nxf6 21. exf6 Kb8 22. Qe5 Ka8 23. g4 Rf8 24. g5 Rf7 25. h4 Rc7 26. Rd8 Qc6 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Qe4+ Kb8 29. h5 e5 30. g6 hxg6 31. hxg6 exf4 32. g7 Rxg7 33. fxg7 Rxg7 34. Qxf4+ Rc7 35. Qe4 b4 36. R8d5 Qb6 37. Qd4 Qb7 38. Kb1 Be6 39. Rd6 Rc4 40. Qe5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch34"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Rfb1 Ra7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 exf3 17. Qxf5 fxg2 18. Rb2 g6 19. Qf4 b6 20. Rc1 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rd2 Ne5 23. Bb5 Qb7 24. Qxe5 Qxb5 25. Qxc5 Qb7 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6 Rfa8 28. Rcc2 Ra3 29. Kxg2 R8a7 30. Kg3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch34"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A21"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. g3 Be6 7. Nd5 Ne5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Qd4 Nc5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb2 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Rhe8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qd7 17. Qc3 Qc6 18. Rg1 Bg4 19. Qc2 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxg7 Rde8 22. Kd2 Bxe2 23. Bh3+ Kb8 24. Bf5 R4e7 25. Rae1 Bf3 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 h5 29. Kf2 Bd1 30. h3 c6 31. g4 Ne6 32. gxh5 Bxh5 33. Bh6 Nd4 34. Bd3 Kc7 35. Ke3 c5 36. Bg7 Ne6 37. Bf6 Nf8 38. h4 Kd7 39. Bf5+ Ke8 40. Be4 Nd7 41. Bc3 b6 42. f5 Ne5 43. f6 Ng6 44. Be1 Nf8 45. Bg3 Kd7 46. Bf5+ Ne6 47. Bh3 Bd1 48. Bf4 Bh5 49. Bh6 Bd1 50. Bf8 Bh5 51. Be7 a5 52. Kf2 Bd1 53. Kg3 a4 54. bxa4 Bxa4 55. h5 Bc2 56. h6 Bg6 57. Bg4 Bh7 58. Kf2 Bb1 59. Ke3 Bh7 60. Kd2 Bb1 61. Kc3 Be4 62. Kb3 d5 63. cxd5 Bxd5+ 64. Kc3 Be4 65. Kc4 Ke8 66. Bf3 b5+ 67. Kc3 Ng5 68. h7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch33"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B20"] 1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Qd7 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. a3 f6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Nge7 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 e5 17. Qc3 Qc7 18. Rfb1 b4 19. Qc4 Rhf8 20. Nd2 f5 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Ra6 Rf6 23. Nxf5 Bf7 24. Ne7+ Nxe7 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Rxa7+ Kd6 27. Ne4+ Ke6 28. Rxb4 Nc6 29. Rb6 Be8 30. Rxg7 Rh6 31. Rc7 Kd5 32. g4 Bd7 33. c3 Rg6 34. Kh2 h6 35. f3 Be8 36. f4 Bd7 37. f5 Rg7 38. Rbxc6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch33"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A48"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 Nh5 5. Be5 f6 6. Bg3 d6 7. e4 Nxg3 8. hxg3 e6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. O-O-O e5 12. c3 Nb6 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O-O 16. Ba4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 a6 19. f3 h5 20. Qc4 Rhe8 21. Kc2 Qd7 22. Qd3 Qf7 23. Nb3 Qe6 24. Qd4 Kb8 25. Rhe1 Bh8 26. Qb4 Qd7 27. Rd5 f5 28. Red1 fxe4 29. Nc5 Qc6 30. Nxe4 Re5 31. Qb3 Rf8 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Qe6 Qa4+ 34. Kc1 Bxg3 35. Rd4 Bf4+ 36. Nd2 Bxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Qb5 38. Kc2 Qf5+ 39. Qxf5 Rxf5 40. Re4 Kc8 41. Kd3 Kd7 42. Rh4 Ke6 43. a4 Rd5+ 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Rf4+ Rf5 46. Rd4 Re5+ 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Rf4 Ke7 49. Rd4 c5 50. Rd1 Kd7 51. c4 Kc6 52. g3 d5 53. f4 Rf5 54. b3 b5 55. axb5+ axb5 56. Re1 dxc4 57. bxc4 bxc4 58. Re8 Rd5 59. Ke2 Kb5 60. Rb8+ Ka4 61. Ra8+ Kb3 62. Rb8+ Kc2 63. Rb6 c3 64. Rxg6 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen"] [Site "Copenhagen"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. a4 a6 9. a5 b5 10. Na2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb4 Bb7 13. c3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nce4 15. Bf4 Bc5 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Nc2 Bd6 18. Ng4 e5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bg3 Qe6 22. Qe2 f5 23. Rfd1 f4 24. Bh4 h6 25. Qh5 Bc5 26. exf4 exf4 27. Nd4 Qf7 28. Qg4 Rce8 29. g3 f3 30. Kh1 e3 31. Nc2 exf2 32. Rf1 Bc8 33. Qf4 Bh3 34. Qxf7+ Rxf7 0-1

[Event "URS-JUG"] [Site "URS"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C85"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 c5 12. h3 a5 13. Nh2 Nf8 14. Ng4 Ng6 15. Qf3 Ra6 16. a4 h5 17. Nge3 h4 18. Bc3 b6 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Bg5 21. Qf3 Bf4 22. Rae1 Re6 23. Qg4 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca mem"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E54"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qe7 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bd2 Bc6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxa5 Nc6 15. Bc3 Bxc4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxc4 b6 18. b4 Rfc8 19. bxc5 Na5 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. exd4 bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Re1 g6 26. h4 Rc3 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Re7 Nc6 29. Rc7 Nd4 30. Rxc3 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxc3 32. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Spartakiad"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E32"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qe8 8. Bh4 e5 9. O-O-O c6 10. Nd2 a6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nde4 Qe6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Na4 e4 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rd4 Re8 18. Rhd1 b5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 b4 21. Qd2 b3 22. axb3 Nc5 23. Qb4 Nb7 24. Qb6 a5 25. Bg3 c5 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. R4d2 Rb6 28. Kc2 Be6 29. Ra1 f6 30. h3 Kf7 31. Bg4 f5 32. Be2 Rb4 33. Be5 a4 34. Rxa4 Rbxa4 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. b3 Ra2+ 37. Kc1 Ra3 38. Kb2 Ra6 39. Bc3 g6 40. Rd1 Ke7 41. h4 h5 42. Bf1 Nd8 43. Be5 Nf7 44. Bf4 Kf6 45. Be2 Ne5 46. Ra1 Rb6 47. Kc3 Nc6 48. Bc7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch31"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Spassky, Boris"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. h4 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Ne5 Qe8 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Ndf3 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Qb7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 b5 18. O-O Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch31"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. d5 O-O 9. d6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 f5 11. Be2 Qf6 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. O-O Rae8 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Rad1 Qg6 16. g3 h5 17. f4 Ng4 18. Nf3 e5 19. Qd2 exf4 20. exf4 Ne3 21. Ne5 Nxf1 22. Nxg6 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Rf6 24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Bxh5+ g6 26. Be2 Re6 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. g4 Rh8 29. Kg1 fxg4 30. Bxg4 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Re4 32. h3 Rxf4+ 33. Kg3 Rxc4 34. Bxd7 Rxc3+ 35. Kh2 c4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch30"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B48"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bd6 10. Qd2 Be5 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qb4 b6 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Rd6 Bc6 16. Rhd1 O-O 17. g4 Rfc8 18. g5 Ne8 19. R6d2 b5 20. Bg4 a5 21. Qe7 b4 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Rxd7 Qc4 24. b3 Qf1+ 25. Nd1 Nd6 26. Qxd6 Qg2 27. Qd5 Kh8 28. Qxf7 Rg8 29. Qh5 Qxe4 30. Bf3 Qf4+ 31. Ne3 Ra6 32. Bd5 Rb8 33. Rf7 Qd4 34. Qf3 Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Qd4+ 36. Ke2 Qc5 37. a4 Ra7 38. g6 Ra6 39. Rxg7 Rxg6 40. Rxg6 hxg6 41. Qf6+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch30"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Spassky, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E92"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Qd7 10. d5 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Nge4 Qg6 15. O-O Bf5 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. c5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rf7 21. Rac1 Raf8 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Rc2 h5 24. Qe3 a6 25. a3 h4 26. Rc4 Rg7 27. Rb4 Rc8 28. Nc3 Rc5 29. Rb6 Rcc7 30. Rc1 Qf6 31. Ne2 Rcf7 32. Rb4 Kh7 33. Rbc4 Qg6 34. Rb4 h3 35. gxh3 gxh3+ 36. Ng3 Bg4 37. Qe4 Bf5 38. Qe3 Kg8 39. Rh4 Rf6 40. Kf1 Bg4 41. Qb6 Rgf7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch30"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D36"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Nd2 Kg7 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. h3 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Re6 19. g4 Qe7 20. Rf3 Re8 21. Re1 Kg8 22. Nd2 c5 23. Rf5 cxd4 24. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-JUG"] [Site "Lvov"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A15"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 a5 7. bxa5 Qxa5 8. O-O d6 9. d3 Qh5 10. Nbd2 Bh3 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qa5 14. a4 Qc7 15. Ba3 b6 16. Nb3 Rfb8 17. a5 bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch29"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1961.??.??"] [Round "19"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A32"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc7 11. Bb2 Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Qh4 Be5 15. Nc3 exd5 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qd6 18. Be5 Qe6 19. Rc7 Bd7 20. Rxb7 Ne4 21. Rc1 g5 22. Qh2 Rac8 23. Rbc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Qb6 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bd4 Qc6 27. Bf1 Qc1 28. Kg1 Qe1 29. Qh6 f6 30. Qh3 Re7 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qc2 g4 33. Qe2 Qh4 34. g3 Qxg3+ 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rc7 37. Bd3 h5 38. b4 h4 39. b5 h3+ 40. Kh2 g3+ 0-1