Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. A Gavilan vs Steinitz |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1888 | Havana | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
2. A Ponce vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 26 | 1888 | Havana | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
3. C Golmayo vs Steinitz |
| 0-1 | 36 | 1888 | Havana | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
4. Allies vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 24 | 1888 | Consultation game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
5. C Golmayo vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 27 | 1888 | Havana | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
6. Chigorin vs Steinitz |
  | 1-0 | 83 | 1889 | Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Match | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
7. Gorham / Lester vs Steinitz |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1890 | Correspondence game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
8. Gunsberg vs Steinitz |
  | 0-1 | 40 | 1890 | Steinitz - Gunsberg World Championship Match | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
9. Chigorin vs Steinitz |
  | 0-1 | 45 | 1892 | Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Rematch | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
10. Liverpool CC vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 26 | 1893 | Correspondence Match | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
11. E Robertson vs Steinitz |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1893 | Montreal Chess Club, Casual Game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
12. Lasker vs Steinitz |
  | 1-0 | 60 | 1894 | Steinitz - Lasker World Championship Match | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
13. Lasker vs Steinitz |
  | 1-0 | 52 | 1894 | Steinitz - Lasker World Championship Match | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
14. Lasker vs Steinitz |
  | ½-½ | 50 | 1894 | Steinitz - Lasker World Championship Match | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
15. Lasker vs Steinitz |
  | 1-0 | 46 | 1894 | Steinitz - Lasker World Championship Match | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
16. Lasker vs Steinitz |
  | 1-0 | 49 | 1894 | Steinitz - Lasker World Championship Match | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
17. Lasker vs Steinitz |
  | 1-0 | 47 | 1896 | St. Petersburg Quadrangular 1895/96 | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
18. Lasker vs Steinitz |
  | ½-½ | 56 | 1896 | Lasker - Steinitz World Championship Rematch | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
19. M Judd vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 34 | 1897 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
20. Blackburne vs Steinitz |
 | ½-½ | 48 | 1898 | Vienna | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
21. Pillsbury vs Steinitz |
  | 1-0 | 32 | 1898 | Vienna | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
22. Alapin vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 43 | 1898 | Vienna | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
23. Showalter vs Steinitz |
 | 1-0 | 54 | 1898 | 11th DSB Congress, Cologne | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
24. Mason vs Steinitz |
  | 0-1 | 50 | 1899 | London | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
25. Showalter vs Steinitz |
 | 1-0 | 45 | 1899 | London | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |