| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Lasker vs Steinitz |
  | 1-0 | 40 |
1895 |
Hastings | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 2. Yates vs K Treybal |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1923 |
Karlsbad | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 3. L Steiner vs K Treybal |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1928 |
Wch Amateur | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 4. Rubinstein vs K Treybal |
 | 1-0 | 64 |
1929 |
Karlsbad | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 5. Stoltz vs K Treybal |
| ½-½ | 71 |
1930 |
Hamburg ol (Men) | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 6. L Asztalos vs Stoltz |
 | 1-0 | 30 |
1931 |
Bled | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 7. Bronstein vs Simagin |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1947 |
Moscow ch-city | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 8. Simagin vs Panov |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1947 |
Ch Moscow | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 9. Keres vs V Makogonov |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1947 |
Parnu tt | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 10. A Vajda vs Szabo |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1950 |
Budapest HUN ch | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 11. Z Milev vs Sliwa |
| 1-0 | 48 |
1952 |
Miedzyzdroje | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 12. Pilnik vs A Medina Garcia |
| 1-0 | 58 |
1953 |
Mar del Plata | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 13. Yanofsky vs A Medina Garcia |
| ½-½ | 77 |
1953 |
Hastings 1952/53 | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 14. Pilnik vs Sliwa |
| 1-0 | 94 |
1955 |
Gothenburg Interzonal | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 15. K W Behle vs G Pfeiffer |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1957 |
Bad Neuenahr | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 16. A Matanovic vs G Pfeiffer |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1957 |
Zonal tournament, Sofia | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 17. K Darga vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 57 |
1961 |
Bled | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 18. D R Thomson vs J B Howson |
| 1-0 | 70 |
1962 |
Whitby British ch | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 19. J Boey vs J Llado Lumbera |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1963 |
Enschede zt | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 20. B Zlotnik vs Tseshkovsky |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1963 |
URS-ch U26 | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 21. I Nemet vs Tseshkovsky |
| 0-1 | 86 |
1963 |
YUG-URS | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 22. A Lein vs N Bakulin |
| 1-0 | 66 |
1964 |
USSR Championship 1964/65 | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 23. Tal vs J Littlewood |
 | 1-0 | 36 |
1964 |
Hastings 1963/64 | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 24. Stein vs Blau |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1966 |
Olympiad | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 25. Timman vs P Hardy |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1966 |
Delft ch-NED jr | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |