| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Bird vs Horwitz |
 | 0-1 | 38 |
1851 |
London m | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 2. T W Barnes vs Staunton |
 | 0-1 | 43 |
1856 |
London m4 | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 3. Bird vs Steinitz |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1866 |
London | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 4. De Vere vs Loyd |
 | 1-0 | 43 |
1867 |
Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 5. S Rosenthal vs Loyd |
| ½-½ | 51 |
1867 |
Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 6. Loyd vs E Rousseau |
| 0-1 | 26 |
1867 |
Paris | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 7. Burn vs W Hunter |
  | 1-0 | 30 |
1875 |
Challenge Cup | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 8. Tarrasch vs Schwarzhaupt |
 | 1-0 | 19 |
1884 |
Derenburg | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 9. Max Weiss vs N MacLeod |
  | 1-0 | 22 |
1889 |
USA-06.Congress New York | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 10. D M Martinez vs N MacLeod |
  | 1-0 | 36 |
1889 |
USA-06.Congress New York | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 11. Pillsbury vs Blackburne |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
1899 |
London | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 12. S Mlotkowski vs W Cohn |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1909 |
Manhattan CC-Franklin CC | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 13. E Z Adams vs Carlos Torre |
 | 1-0 | 23 |
1920 |
New Orleans (probably analysis) | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 14. Kupchik vs A Simkov |
| 1-0 | 31 |
1924 |
Rice Chess Club-ch | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 15. Spielmann vs A Gromer |
| 1-0 | 21 |
1931 |
Prague ol (Men) | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 16. Stoltz vs E Andersen |
 | 1-0 | 25 |
1931 |
Match | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 17. Alekhine vs Hoelsder |
 | 1-0 | 17 |
1933 |
NED | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 18. Alekhine vs Pineiro |
 | 1-0 | 24 |
1935 |
La Coruna | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 19. Alekhine vs Afritsch |
 | 1-0 | 26 |
1936 |
Vienna | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 20. Book vs Reinhold |
 | 1-0 | 18 |
1944 |
Finland | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
| 21. F Petersen vs T Haahr |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1960 |
Ch Denmark, Aalborg (Denmark) | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 22. Parma vs S Nikolic |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1969 |
Jugoslavija | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 23. A C Van der Tak vs J Hardinge |
| ½-½ | 17 |
1970 |
Hastings Christmas Congress | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 24. Campora vs F Braga |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1976 |
10s, Buenos Aires ch-ARG | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 25. Black Knight vs Chaos |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1977 |
World Computer Championship | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |