| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. H Kennedy vs Wyvill |
 | 1-0 | 37 |
1851 |
London | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 2. M Lange vs Hengstenberg |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1863 |
Main Tournament | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 3. A Burns vs W Tullidge |
| 1-0 | 29 |
1866 |
Melbourne Chess Club Handicap Tournament | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 4. Steinitz vs G MacDonnell |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1867 |
Dundee | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 5. Steinitz vs F Lindsay |
| 1-0 | 24 |
1867 |
Dundee blind | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 6. Zukertort vs Chess Club |
 | 1-0 | 49 |
1868 |
Postal | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 7. Zukertort vs J Minckwitz |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1869 |
NSB-02.Kongress | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 8. Steinitz vs De Vere |
 | 1-0 | 45 |
1870 |
Baden-Baden | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 9. Zukertort vs De Vere |
 | 1-0 | 17 |
1872 |
London | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 10. Zukertort vs Moriau |
| 1-0 | 27 |
1875 |
London CC | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 11. Chigorin vs A Ascharin |
| 1-0 | 25 |
1877 |
Petersburg | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 12. C T Goering vs Anderssen |
 | 1-0 | 37 |
1877 |
Leipzig | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 13. Wemmers vs E Schallopp |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1877 |
WSB-11.Kongress | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 14. Zukertort vs Owen |
| 1-0 | 31 |
1878 |
Chislehurst m | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 15. Tarrasch vs Mendelson |
 | 1-0 | 24 |
1879 |
Breslau | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 16. Englisch vs J Minckwitz |
| 1-0 | 62 |
1879 |
Leipzig | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 17. Mackenzie vs Bird |
 | 1-0 | 55 |
1882 |
Vienna | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 18. Blackburne vs Bird |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1882 |
Vienna | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 19. Blackburne vs Mackenzie |
 | 1-0 | 28 |
1882 |
Vienna | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 20. Blackburne vs J Mortimer |
| 1-0 | 33 |
1883 |
London | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 21. D Van Foreest vs C Messemaker |
 | 1-0 | 21 |
1886 |
Utrecht | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 22. Tarrasch vs W Hahn |
 | 1-0 | 35 |
1888 |
match | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 23. J Bauer vs J Schwarz |
  | 1-0 | 67 |
1890 |
Kolisch Memorial | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 24. J Corzo vs A C Vazquez |
 | 1-0 | 51 |
1900 |
Havana m | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 25. S Crakanthorp vs G W Baynes |
| 1-0 | 15 |
1905 |
NSW ch | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |