| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. J Mason vs Blackburne |
 | ½-½ | 28 |
1892 |
Belfast | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 2. A Hodges vs G Bellingham |
| ½-½ | 69 |
1897 |
2nd Anglo-American Cable Match | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 3. D Mills vs A Hodges |
| ½-½ | 61 |
1901 |
6th Anglo-American Cable Match | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 4. Teichmann vs Schlechter |
 | ½-½ | 68 |
1902 |
Monte Carlo | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 5. Przepiorka vs Fahrni |
| ½-½ | 46 |
1905 |
Barmen Meisterturnier B | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 6. S Sery vs K Treybal |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1921 |
Brno | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 7. Bogoljubov vs G A Thomas |
 | ½-½ | 78 |
1922 |
Hastings | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 8. Bogoljubov vs A Brinckmann |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1927 |
Bremen GER | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 9. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs F Bohatirchuk |
| ½-½ | 62 |
1931 |
USSR Championship | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 10. G A Thomas vs Alekhine |
 | ½-½ | 32 |
1932 |
London | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 11. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine |
| ½-½ | 61 |
1933 |
Karlsruhe | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 12. R Rey Ardid vs Koltanowski |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1934 |
Sitges | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 13. Kan vs F Bohatirchuk |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1934 |
USSR Championship 1934/35 | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 14. P Romanovsky vs Capablanca |
| ½-½ | 29 |
1935 |
Moscow | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 15. K Richter vs E Andersen |
| ½-½ | 57 |
1935 |
Bad Nauheim | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 16. Keres vs Rellstab |
| ½-½ | 64 |
1936 |
Bad Nauheim | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 17. G A Thomas vs Koltanowski |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1937 |
Hastings 1936/37 | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 18. G A Thomas vs Fine |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1937 |
Margate | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 19. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Rauzer |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1937 |
Leningrad | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 20. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Kasparian |
 | ½-½ | 48 |
1937 |
URS-ch10 | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 21. V Mikenas vs J Enevoldsen |
| ½-½ | 64 |
1937 |
7th olm final | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 22. J Canepa vs A Da Silva Rocha |
 | ½-½ | 39 |
1938 |
Carrasco | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 23. P Michel vs Najdorf |
 | ½-½ | 42 |
1941 |
Buenos Aires Circulo ;HCL 25 | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 24. Pachman vs M Dietze |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1943 |
03 | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 25. Unzicker vs F Bohatirchuk |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1946 |
Regensburg GER | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |