| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. De Vere vs Blackburne |
 | 0-1 | 36 |
1870 |
Baden-Baden | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 2. J Minckwitz vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 95 |
1870 |
Baden-Baden | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 3. Paulsen vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 24 |
1870 |
Baden-Baden | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 4. Anderssen vs Blackburne |
| 1-0 | 55 |
1873 |
Vienna | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 5. Anderssen vs Blackburne |
 | 0-1 | 31 |
1873 |
Vienna | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 6. M Fleissig vs Blackburne |
| 1-0 | 33 |
1873 |
Vienna | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 7. Steinitz vs Blackburne |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1876 |
Steinitz-Blackburne | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 8. Baddeley vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 17 |
1879 |
Manchester | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 9. H Charlick vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1885 |
Simultaneous exhibition | C66 Ruy Lopez |
| 10. Mackenzie vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1887 |
Match | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 11. E Schallopp vs Blackburne |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1887 |
DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21 | C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 |
| 12. F J Lee vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1888 |
? | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 13. J Mason vs Blackburne |
| ½-½ | 54 |
1889 |
USA-06.Congress New York (24-1) | C66 Ruy Lopez |
| 14. Burn vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1889 |
USA-06.Congress New York (38-2) | C66 Ruy Lopez |
| 15. Showalter vs Blackburne |
| 1-0 | 57 |
1889 |
USA-06.Congress New York | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 16. J Mason vs Blackburne |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1889 |
Breslau | C66 Ruy Lopez |
| 17. Taubenhaus vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1889 |
USA-06.Congress New York | C66 Ruy Lopez |
| 18. Gunsberg vs Blackburne |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1889 |
Breslau | C66 Ruy Lopez |
| 19. Tarrasch vs Blackburne |
| 1-0 | 55 |
1890 |
Manchester | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 20. Gossip vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 22 |
1890 |
Manchester | C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense |
| 21. G Makovetz vs Blackburne |
| ½-½ | 50 |
1892 |
07.DSB-Kongress | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 22. J Mason vs Blackburne |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1892 |
Belfast | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 23. Lipke vs Blackburne |
| 1-0 | 44 |
1894 |
Leipzig | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 24. Janowski vs Blackburne |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1894 |
Leipzig | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 25. Dobell / Elsden vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 36 |
1894 |
Hastings | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
