| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Lasker vs Tarrasch |
  | 1-0 | 38 |
1908 |
Lasker-Tarrasch World Championship Match | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 2. J W Te Kolste vs R P Michell |
| 1-0 | 50 |
1912 |
ENG-NED | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 3. Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1923 |
Maehrisch-Ostrau | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 4. Maroczy vs R P Michell |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1924 |
Hastings-A 2425 | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 5. Capablanca vs Vidmar |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1927 |
New York | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 6. Yates vs L Asztalos |
| 1-0 | 53 |
1927 |
1st olm final | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 7. G Nagy vs K Makarczyk |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1928 |
The Hague ol (Men) | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 8. O Naegeli vs W F Wertheim |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1928 |
Olympiad | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 9. J Van Den Bosch vs Przepiorka |
| 1-0 | 58 |
1929 |
Budapest | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 10. N Johansson vs R Rey Ardid |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1933 |
Match Spain x Sweden for Correspondence | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 11. Keres vs Vidmar |
| 1-0 | 65 |
1936 |
Bad Nauheim | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 12. Kasparian vs Panov |
| 1-0 | 59 |
1937 |
URS-ch10 | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 13. K Poschauko vs I Grynfeld |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1938 |
Krakow | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 14. Tolush vs Lilienthal |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1939 |
Leningrad/Moscow training | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 15. L Engels vs T Hess |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1939 |
Stuttgart | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 16. Bronstein vs S Zhukhovitsky |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1940 |
Kiev jr | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 17. Euwe vs H Kramer |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1941 |
NLD m ;HCL 28 | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 18. Euwe vs A J van den Hoek |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1942 |
Holland | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 19. Boleslavsky vs Kotov |
| 1-0 | 60 |
1944 |
USSR Championship | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 20. Pilnik vs W Adams |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1945 |
Pan American Congress | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 21. Rellstab vs Rautenberg |
| 1-0 | 35 |
1947 |
Essen GER | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 22. Yanofsky vs A Sanchez |
| 1-0 | 66 |
1947 |
US Open | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 23. Simagin vs Chekhover |
| 1-0 | 68 |
1949 |
Ch URS (1/2 final) | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 24. Suetin vs Kamyshov |
| 1-0 | 46 |
1951 |
Tbilisi (Georgia) | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 25. Tal vs Gradus |
| 1-0 | 24 |
1951 |
Riga | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
