Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Showalter vs H Atkins |
| 1-0 | 45 | 1899 | 4th Anglo-American Cable Match | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
2. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine |
  | 0-1 | 39 | 1929 | Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Match | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
3. Yates vs G Thomas |
| ½-½ | 50 | 1930 | Scarborough | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
4. Yates vs A Gromer |
| 0-1 | 46 | 1931 | Prague Olympiad | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
5. L Steiner vs G Stoltz |
| ½-½ | 61 | 1931 | Prague Olympiad | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
6. Kashdan vs Flohr |
 | 0-1 | 65 | 1931 | Bled | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
7. L Steiner vs G Thomas |
| 1-0 | 56 | 1936 | Podebrady | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
8. H W Felderhof vs A da Silva Rocha |
| 0-1 | 70 | 1936 | non-FIDE Munich Olympiad | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
9. H W Felderhof vs R Krogius |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1936 | non-FIDE Munich Olympiad | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
10. D Rovner vs Kotov |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1938 | Trade Unions Championship | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
11. D Rovner vs L Guldin |
  | ½-½ | 62 | 1939 | 14th Ch Leningrad | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
12. Capablanca vs G Thomas |
  | 1-0 | 39 | 1939 | Margate | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
13. V Makogonov vs Flohr |
 | 1-0 | 41 | 1942 | Baku m | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
14. A Ingelmo vs Saemisch |
 | 1-0 | 37 | 1943 | Madrid | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
15. G Ravinsky vs Bronstein |
 | ½-½ | 41 | 1944 | USSR Championship | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
16. B Simonovic vs D Andric |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1946 | Yugoslav Semifinal East | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
17. D Armstrong vs M E Goldstein |
 | 0-1 | 44 | 1947 | New South Wales Ch | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
18. C Toerber vs Saemisch |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1947 | Lueneburg | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
19. Guckelberger vs Bauriedel |
| 0-1 | 42 | 1947 | South Germany Team-ch | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
20. A Malchev vs G Zgurev |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1947 | Bulgarian Championship | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
21. H Malmgren vs G J Wood |
 | 1-0 | 31 | 1950 | 1st Correspondence World Championship | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
22. S Lazare vs M E Goldstein |
| 1-0 | 61 | 1951 | 3rd Australian Open | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
23. Averbakh vs B Goldenov |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1952 | URS-ch sf Minsk | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
24. Suetin vs Bronstein |
 | ½-½ | 35 | 1952 | USSR Championship | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
25. Keres vs B Goldenov |
 | 1-0 | 41 | 1952 | USSR Championship | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |