| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Bird vs Anderssen |
 | 1-0 | 44 |
1851 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 2. Bird vs Horwitz |
 | 1-0 | 29 |
1851 |
Londen m | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 3. Bird vs Horwitz |
 | 1-0 | 59 |
1851 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 4. Bird vs Anderssen |
 | 1-0 | 38 |
1857 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 5. Bird vs Anderssen |
 | 0-1 | 29 |
1862 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 6. Bird vs Anderssen |
 | 0-1 | 64 |
1862 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 7. Bird vs Steinitz |
 | ½-½ | 24 |
1866 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 8. Bird vs Steinitz |
 | ½-½ | 56 |
1866 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 9. Bird vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 66 |
1866 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 10. Bird vs Steinitz |
 | ½-½ | 23 |
1866 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 11. Bird vs De Vere |
 | 1-0 | 19 |
1868 |
Dundee | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 12. Bird vs J Mortimer |
 | ½-½ | 79 |
1883 |
Tnmt, London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 13. Bird vs Burn |
 | 0-1 | 21 |
1889 |
USA-06.Congress New York | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |