| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Blackburne vs Steinitz |
 | ½-½ | 16 |
1862 |
London | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 2. Anderssen vs Steinitz |
 | 1-0 | 42 |
1862 |
London | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 3. P T Duffy vs Steinitz |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1865 |
London | C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense |
| 4. Bird vs Steinitz |
 | 1-0 | 22 |
1866 |
London m | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 5. Bird vs Steinitz |
 | 1-0 | 27 |
1866 |
London | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 6. Bird / Dobell vs Steinitz |
 | 1-0 | 19 |
1866 |
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 | 23 |
1866 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 9. Bird vs Steinitz |
 | ½-½ | 56 |
1866 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 10. Anderssen vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 43 |
1866 |
It London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 11. Bird vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 66 |
1866 |
London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 12. G B Fraser vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 25 |
1867 |
Dundee | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 13. Bird vs Steinitz |
 | 1-0 | 19 |
1867 |
London, England | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 14. De Vere vs Steinitz |
 | 1-0 | 31 |
1867 |
Dundee | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 15. De Riviere vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 27 |
1867 |
Paris (France) | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 16. A Stern vs Steinitz |
| ½-½ | 54 |
1870 |
Baden-Baden + | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 17. De Vere vs Steinitz |
| 0-1 | 50 |
1870 |
Baden-Baden | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 18. Blackburne vs Steinitz |
| ½-½ | 54 |
1870 |
London | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 19. Sich vs Steinitz |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1871 |
London | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 20. Zukertort vs Steinitz |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1872 |
1st Steinitz - Zukertort Match | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 21. Zukertort vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 35 |
1872 |
London | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 22. Meitner vs Steinitz |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1873 |
Vienna (Austria) | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 23. Blackburne vs Steinitz |
  | 1-0 | 27 |
1873 |
Vienna (Austria) | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 24. Gelbfuhs vs Steinitz |
| 0-1 | 45 |
1873 |
Vienna (Austria) | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 25. Anderssen vs Steinitz |
 | 0-1 | 45 |
1873 |
Austria | C77 Ruy Lopez |