| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. J C Halpern vs E Delmar |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1899 |
New York m | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 2. Vidmar vs A Neumann |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1904 |
DSB-14.Kongress Hauptturnier A-playoff | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 3. A Frydman vs I Schaechter |
| 1-0 | 21 |
1937 |
POL-ch | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 4. Bannik vs V E Adler |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1963 |
Kiev Avantgard-ch | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 5. K Hulak vs H Ree |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1977 |
Amsterdam IBM | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 6. Kasparov vs Smyslov |
 | 1-0 | 39 |
1981 |
Moscow | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 7. Kupreichik vs T Karolyi |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1985 |
Zenica | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 8. DeFirmian vs Smyslov |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1986 |
It (open) | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 9. Tal vs G Ballon |
 | 1-0 | 30 |
1986 |
West Berlin 42/403 | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 10. Chandler vs L Zsinka |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1987 |
London (England) | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 11. Vasiukov vs G Orlov |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1994 |
Memorial A.Petrov | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 12. D Baramidze vs M Scherer |
| 1-0 | 57 |
2001 |
ch-GER | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 13. Naiditsch vs P Govciyan |
| 1-0 | 36 |
2006 |
TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 14. D Leskur vs S Drazic |
| 1-0 | 42 |
2006 |
Serbian Team Championship | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 15. N Pogonina vs E Paehtz |
 | 1-0 | 45 |
2007 |
North Urals Cup | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 16. Van Den Doel vs S Agdestein |
 | 1-0 | 86 |
2008 |
Remco Heite Tournament | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 17. D Mastrovasilis vs I Khmelniker |
| 1-0 | 42 |
2008 |
European Individual Championship | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 18. Carlsen vs Svidler |
 | 1-0 | 42 |
2009 |
Aker Chess Challenge: Playoff | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 19. Karjakin vs Ponomariov |
 | 1-0 | 23 |
2010 |
Amber Tournament (Rapid) | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 20. N Beltrami vs M Hlinschi |
| 1-0 | 57 |
2011 |
European Seniors Championship | C70 Ruy Lopez |