Who better to start the collection than Bird himself ?! O Gelbfuhs vs Bird, 1873  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 65 moves, 0-1 H Davidson vs Bird, 1876  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 25 moves, 0-1 Mason vs Bird, 1878  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 37 moves, 0-1 Mackenzie vs Bird, 1883  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 45 moves, 0-1 M Judd vs Bird, 1889  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 35 moves, 0-1 Impressive win ! Blackburne vs Bird, 1892  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 75 moves, 0-1 Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1 E von Schmidt vs Chigorin, 1879  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 33 moves, 0-1 Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1896  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 46 moves, 0-1 Marshall vs Tarrasch, 1905  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 32 moves, 0-1 Olland vs Alekhine, 1913  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 37 moves, 0-1 Reti vs Spielmann, 1913  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 17 moves, 0-1 H Fahrni vs Spielmann, 1914  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 0-1 W Fick vs Spielmann, 1923  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 31 moves, 0-1 Geller vs Kupreichik, 1976  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 33 moves, 0-1 A Ivanov vs Kupreichik, 1985  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 46 moves, 0-1 A Grosar vs Kupreichik, 1987  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 42 moves, 0-1 A Mikhalchishin vs Kupreichik, 1987  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 39 moves, 0-1 Anand loses to the Bird. Anand vs Tseshkovsky, 1986  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 33 moves, 0-1 Christiansen flys like an eagle. M Rohde vs L Christiansen, 1986  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 40 moves, 0-1 Perhaps my favorite Bird defense game. Short vs Ivanchuk, 1989  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 0-1 Oll vs A Galliamova, 1989  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 41 moves, 0-1 F Lindgren vs J Jirka, 2001  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 38 moves, 0-1 M Yilmaz vs J Jirka, 2003  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 37 moves, 0-1 D Jatautis vs J Jirka, 2003  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 59 moves, 0-1 The tortoise caught the hare. Turov vs V Orlov, 1994  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 41 moves, 0-1 Storm the king for as long as it takes! O Pavlov vs K Tupolev, 2001 (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 46 moves, 0-1 the mystery rated player plays great ! M Vinck vs P Kalisvaart, 2001 (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 27 moves, 0-1 Things are under control. M Zulfugarli vs E Najer, 1999 (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 43 moves, 0-1 M Donaghay vs M Fallone, 1994  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 35 moves, 0-1 ooooh the pressure ! P Dubinin vs Levenfish, 1947  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 0-1 31 games