World Championship 24th 1961 – standings, cross table, games

Place	Player	Elo	Games	+ = −	Points	%
1	Botvinnik, Mikhail	–	21	+10 =6 −5	13	62 %
2	Tal, Mihail	–	21	+5 =6 −10	8	38 %

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Points
Botvinnik, Mikhail	1	0	1	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	0	1	0	½	1	13
Tal, Mihail	0	1	0	½	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	1	0	1	½	0	8

with Whitewith Black

The 21 games

Round	White	Black	Result	ECO	Moves
1	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	1-0	E51	41
2	Tal, Mihail	Botvinnik, Mikhail	1-0	B18	45
3	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	1-0	E51	43
4	Tal, Mihail	Botvinnik, Mikhail	1/2-1/2	B12	41
5	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	1/2-1/2	E51	73
6	Tal, Mihail	Botvinnik, Mikhail	1/2-1/2	B12	25
7	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	1-0	E24	33
8	Tal, Mihail	Botvinnik, Mikhail	1-0	B12	29
9	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	1-0	A23	73
10	Tal, Mihail	Botvinnik, Mikhail	0-1	B12	42
11	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	1-0	D14	42
12	Tal, Mihail	Botvinnik, Mikhail	1-0	C18	41
13	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	1-0	E85	41
14	Tal, Mihail	Botvinnik, Mikhail	1/2-1/2	B12	33
15	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	1-0	E81	63
16	Tal, Mihail	Botvinnik, Mikhail	1/2-1/2	B12	90
17	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	0-1	E81	83
18	Tal, Mihail	Botvinnik, Mikhail	0-1	B12	41
19	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	0-1	E81	75
20	Tal, Mihail	Botvinnik, Mikhail	1/2-1/2	B12	121
21	Botvinnik, Mikhail	Tal, Mihail	1-0	E87	33