Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Harrwitz vs F Slous |
| 1-0 | 14 | 1847 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
2. Harrwitz vs F Slous |
| 1-0 | 64 | 1847 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
3. E Williams vs A Simons |
 | 1-0 | 27 | 1854 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
4. Cochrane vs Moheschunder |
  | 1-0 | 19 | 1855 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
5. T Lichtenhein vs B Raphael |
 | 1-0 | 29 | 1857 | 1st American Chess Congress, New York | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
6. Anderssen vs B Suhle |
 | 1-0 | 27 | 1859 | Breslau | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
7. T Barnes vs G MacDonnell |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1862 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
8. de Riviere vs S F Loyd |
  | 1-0 | 41 | 1867 | Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
9. C De Vere vs S F Loyd |
 | 1-0 | 43 | 1867 | Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
10. C De Vere vs E Rousseau |
 | 1-0 | 25 | 1867 | Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
11. Winawer vs S F Loyd |
 | 1-0 | 51 | 1867 | Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
12. A B Skipworth vs J W Young |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1868 | 13th West Yorkshire Chess Association, Sheffield | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
13. H D Smith vs E Feldner |
| 1-0 | 22 | 1870 | 2nd Michigan State Chess Association Tournament | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
14. H Howe vs J N de Boucherville |
 | 1-0 | 29 | 1875 | 4th Canadian Championship, Ottawa | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
15. H Howe vs J White |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1875 | 4th Canadian Championship, Ottawa | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
16. Zukertort vs W Pollock |
 | 1-0 | 62 | 1886 | 2nd BCA Congress, London | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
17. Taubenhaus vs W Pollock |
 | 1-0 | 60 | 1886 | 2nd BCA Congress, London | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
18. Bird vs W Pollock |
 | 1-0 | 27 | 1886 | 21st CCA Congress, Nottingham | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
19. Showalter vs E Kaltenbach |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1887 | New York | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
20. Chigorin vs Steinitz |
  | 1-0 | 83 | 1889 | Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Match | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
21. J W Baird vs N MacLeod |
  | 1-0 | 24 | 1889 | 6th American Chess Congress, New York | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
22. Burn vs Lipschutz |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1889 | 6th American Chess Congress, New York | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
23. D Martinez vs Gossip |
 | 1-0 | 56 | 1889 | 6th American Chess Congress, New York | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
24. Showalter vs Blackburne |
 | 1-0 | 57 | 1889 | 6th American Chess Congress, New York | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
25. A Ponce / G Lopez vs I Gunsberg / E Conill |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1889 | Consultation game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |