| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. De Vere vs J Wisker |
| 0-1 | 44 |
1872 |
BCA-04.Challenge Cup | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 2. D M Martinez vs D G Baird |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1889 |
USA-06.Congress New York | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 3. V Tietz vs Lasker |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1889 |
German Chess Congress, Hauptturnier A | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
| 4. Marshall vs E M Jackson |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1900 |
5th Anglo-American Cable Match | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 5. A Tietjen vs Teichmann |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1900 |
London | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 6. J Mason vs Schlechter |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1901 |
Monte Carlo | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 7. V Exner vs D Bleijkmans |
| 0-1 | 39 |
1901 |
Haarlem | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 8. A Neumann vs Leonhardt |
 | 0-1 | 95 |
1903 |
Hilversum | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
| 9. J W Baird vs Swiderski |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1905 |
Barmen Meisterturnier B | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 10. J W Baird vs A E Post |
 | 0-1 | 74 |
1905 |
Barmen Meisterturnier B | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 11. A Sartori vs Moewig |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1905 |
Barmen Main A, GER | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 12. S Izbinsky vs Rubinstein |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1906 |
St.Petersburg | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 13. B M Neill vs G A Thomas |
 | 0-1 | 62 |
1911 |
13th Anglo-American Cable Match | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 14. Gunsberg vs Reti |
 | 0-1 | 36 |
1911 |
San Remo | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 15. J Petersen vs A Kier |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1924 |
DEN-ch | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 16. A J Fink vs Ed Lasker |
| 0-1 | 97 |
1926 |
Chicago | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 17. I Grynfeld vs Averbakh |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1950 |
Szczawno Zdroj it, POL | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 18. Pilnik vs K Darga |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1956 |
Moscow ol (Men) fin-A | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 19. J Diez del Corral vs Gligoric |
| 0-1 | 44 |
1966 |
The Hague zt | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 20. J Diez del Corral vs Spassky |
| 0-1 | 46 |
1968 |
Palma de Mallorca | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 21. J Horner vs J Cooper |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1978 |
Ayr British ch | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 22. Dvoirys vs A Graf |
| 0-1 | 63 |
1991 |
URS-ch58 | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 23. P Chomet vs Pinter |
| 0-1 | 87 |
1992 |
Ch France (team) | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 24. O Otterlei vs H Harestad |
| 0-1 | 58 |
2001 |
Nordic Championships | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 25. G Guseinov vs F Jenni |
| 0-1 | 60 |
2003 |
EuTCh | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |