Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Harrwitz vs F Slous |
| 1-0 | 64 | 1847 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
2. Harrwitz vs F Slous |
| 1-0 | 14 | 1847 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
3. G Medley vs A Mongredien |
 | 0-1 | 58 | 1850 | Medley - Mongredien | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
4. Bird vs Horwitz |
 | 0-1 | 35 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
5. Bird vs Horwitz |
 | ½-½ | 54 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
6. E Williams vs A Simons |
 | 1-0 | 27 | 1854 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
7. Cochrane vs Moheschunder |
  | 1-0 | 19 | 1855 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
8. T Lichtenhein vs B Raphael |
 | 1-0 | 29 | 1857 | 1st American Chess Congress, New York | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
9. Anderssen vs B Suhle |
 | 1-0 | 27 | 1859 | Breslau | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
10. F E Lamb vs A Schroeder |
| 0-1 | 51 | 1862 | B.C.A. Handicap t | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
11. T Barnes vs G MacDonnell |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1862 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
12. J Robey vs G MacDonnell |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1862 | Casual game | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
13. O Wuelfing vs von Hanneken |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1862 | 2nd WSB Congress, Dusseldorf | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
14. G Neumann vs Anderssen |
 | 0-1 | 34 | 1865 | Berlin | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
15. de Riviere vs S F Loyd |
  | 1-0 | 41 | 1867 | Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
16. C De Vere vs S F Loyd |
 | 1-0 | 43 | 1867 | Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
17. S Rosenthal vs S F Loyd |
 | ½-½ | 51 | 1867 | Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
18. S F Loyd vs E Rousseau |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1867 | Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
19. C De Vere vs E Rousseau |
 | 1-0 | 25 | 1867 | Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
20. Winawer vs S F Loyd |
 | 1-0 | 51 | 1867 | Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
21. A B Skipworth vs J W Young |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1868 | 13th West Yorkshire Chess Association, Sheffield | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
22. H D Smith vs E Feldner |
| 1-0 | 22 | 1870 | 2nd Michigan State Chess Association Tournament | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
23. F Elder vs P Ware |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1871 | 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
24. T T Coleman vs J Young |
| ½-½ | 77 | 1873 | 2nd Canadian Championship, Toronto | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
25. H Meijers vs J de Vogel |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1873 | 1st DCA Congress, The Hague | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |