Not in the Candidates matches !

Not in any big tournaments>

Really? Let's take a look on some of Geller's performances from 1960s:

Copenhagen (Nimzowitsch Memorial), 1960, 2nd place behind Petrosian, 10,5/13

Leningrad (URS Championship), 1960, shared 2nd place with Petrosian behind Korchnoi, 13,5/19

Match FRG-URS Hamburg, 1960, 6,5/8

Moscow (URS Championship), 1961, shared 3rd place with Stein behind Petrosian and Korchnoi, 12/19

EU-chT (Men) Oberhausen, 1961, 6,5/9

Stockholm (Interzonal), 1962, shared 2nd with Petrosian behind Fischer

Curacao (Candidates), 1962, shared 2nd with Keres (third after tie-break) behind Petrosian, 17/27 (+3,5/8 from match with Keres)

Varna ol (Men), 1962, 10,5/12

Havana (Capablanca Memorial), 1963, shared 2nd with Tal and Pachman behind Korchnoi, 16/21

Santiago, 1965, 2nd behind Smyslov, 10,5/13

Geller-Smyslov Match 1965, 5,5/8

Beverwijk (Hoogovens), 1965, shared 1st with Portisch, 10,5/15

Havana (Capablanca Memorial), 1965, shared 2nd with Fischer and Ivkov behind Smyslov, 15/21

Tbilisi (URS Championship), 1966, 2nd behind Stein, 12,5/20

URS-JUG m Sukhumi, 1966, 3/4

Kislovodsk, 1966, 1st, 8,5/11

Prague, 1966, 3rd behind Hort and Victor Zheliandinov (who played the best tournament of his life then), 10/13

Skopje, 1967, shared 2nd with Matulocic behind Fischer, 13/17

Monte Carlo, 1967, shared 3rd with Larsen behind Fischer and Smyslov, 6/9

Sousse (Interzonal), 1967, shared 2nd behind Larsen, 14/21

Gothenburg (Olssons Memorial), 1967, 1st, 7,5/9

Skopje/Ohrid, 1968, 2nd behind Portisch, 13,5/19

Kislovodsk, 1968, 1st, 10/14

Lugano ol, 1968, 9,5/12

Gori (Karseladze Memorial), 1968, 2nd behind Tal, 7/10

Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1969, shared 1st with Botvinnik, 10,5/15

Moscow (URS Championship), 1969, shared 3rd with Taimanov and Smyslov behind Petrosian and Polugaevsky, 13,5/22

Palma de Mallorca (Interzonal), 1970, shared 2nd behind Fischer, 15/23.