| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Bird vs A Skipworth |
 | 1-0 | 45 |
1883 |
London | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 2. Steinitz vs Lasker |
 | ½-½ | 61 |
1894 |
Lasker-Steinitz World Championship | D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 3. Showalter vs Lipschutz |
| 1-0 | 50 |
1895 |
US championship match | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 4. Maroczy vs Charousek |
 | 1-0 | 34 |
1895 |
Budapest m | D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 5. Tarrasch vs Teichmann |
 | 1-0 | 43 |
1896 |
Nuremberg | D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 6. Pillsbury vs Englisch |
| ½-½ | 62 |
1896 |
Vienna m | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 7. Pillsbury vs Showalter |
 | 1-0 | 40 |
1897 |
Pillsbury - Showalter | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 8. Tarrasch vs Burn |
| ½-½ | 29 |
1898 |
Vienna | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 9. Maroczy vs Schiffers |
 | 1-0 | 32 |
1898 |
Vienna | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 10. S T King vs W Napier |
| 0-1 | 34 |
1898 |
cr USA | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 11. Pillsbury vs Showalter |
| ½-½ | 73 |
1898 |
Vienna | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 12. Pillsbury vs Davis / King / Scott |
 | 1-0 | 37 |
1899 |
Simultaneous blindfold exhibition | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 13. Janowski vs F G Jacob |
| 1-0 | 35 |
1900 |
Munich | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 14. J K Christenson vs A Wallace |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1901 |
NSW ch | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 15. Reggio vs Schlechter |
| 0-1 | 55 |
1901 |
Monte Carlo | D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 16. O Roething vs Lasker |
| ½-½ | 71 |
1902 |
USA tour sim | D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 17. Janowski vs Olland |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1902 |
13th DSB Kongress (Hanover) | D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 18. R P Michell vs C Newman |
| 1-0 | 62 |
1903 |
8th Anglo-American Cable Match | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 19. Pillsbury vs H Wolf |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1903 |
Monte Carlo | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 20. Leonhardt vs Duras |
 | 1-0 | 75 |
1903 |
Hilversum | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 21. Leonhardt vs J Esser |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1903 |
Hilversum | D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 22. A J Mackenzie vs W Gunston |
 | 1-0 | 35 |
1904 |
London | D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 23. Schlechter vs Showalter |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1904 |
Cambridge Springs | D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 24. Teichmann vs Janowski |
 | 1-0 | 42 |
1905 |
Ostend | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 25. Burn vs Taubenhaus |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1905 |
Ostend | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |