| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Bronstein vs Keres |
 | 0-1 | 63 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 2. Euwe vs Keres |
 | 0-1 | 56 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 3. Smyslov vs Reshevsky |
 | 1-0 | 52 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 4. Keres vs Bondarevsky |
| ½-½ | 29 |
1950 |
USSR Championship | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 5. Averbakh vs Bondarevsky |
| 0-1 | 51 |
1950 |
Szczawno Zdroj it, POL | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 6. Unzicker vs Keres |
| 0-1 | 32 |
1956 |
Hamburg m | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 7. Boleslavsky vs Bannik |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1956 |
USSR Championship | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 8. V Zurakhov vs A Khasin |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1956 |
USSR Championship | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 9. Y Vasilchuk vs Kholmov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1956 |
URS-ch sf | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 10. Z Solecki vs Sliwa |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1957 |
POL-ch 15th | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 11. Tringov vs Ghitescu |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1957 |
Bratislava | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 12. Pilnik vs O'Kelly |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1958 |
Hoogovens | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 13. Tringov vs A Beni |
| 1-0 | 49 |
1958 |
Munich ol (Men) prel | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 14. Tringov vs J Vesely |
| 1-0 | 60 |
1958 |
WchT U26 fin-A 05th | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 15. Fischer vs F Olafsson |
 | 1-0 | 78 |
1959 |
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 16. Pilnik vs C Jauregui |
| 1-0 | 56 |
1959 |
Santiago | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 17. Parma vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1961 |
Bled | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 18. R Litsberger vs Keres |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1966 |
Stockholm | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 19. J Penrose vs W Tabakiernik |
| 1-0 | 21 |
1967 |
BCF-ch | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 20. Kavalek vs Yanofsky |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1973 |
Netanya | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 21. Z Domnitz vs Pachman |
 | 0-1 | 24 |
1973 |
Netanya | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 22. S Mariotti vs Portisch |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1975 |
Milan | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 23. R Kauranen vs J Kalish |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1978 |
corr-10 WCH | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 24. Sax vs Y Rantanen |
| 1-0 | 62 |
1979 |
Tallinn Keres mem EST | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 25. Balashov vs Ye Rongguang |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1983 |
Hangzhou 35/421 | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |