| 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. Burn vs A Fritz |
 | 1-0 | 27 |
1887 |
07.21 R06 GER Frankf | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 3. Englisch vs Gunsberg |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1887 |
05.DSB-Kongress | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 4. Steinitz vs Lasker |
 | ½-½ | 50 |
1894 |
Lasker-Steinitz World Championship | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 5. Steinitz vs Lasker |
 | 0-1 | 54 |
1894 |
Lasker-Steinitz World Championship | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 6. Steinitz vs Lasker |
 | ½-½ | 61 |
1894 |
Lasker-Steinitz World Championship | D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 7. Showalter vs Lipschutz |
| 1-0 | 50 |
1895 |
US championship match | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 8. Maroczy vs Charousek |
 | 1-0 | 34 |
1895 |
Budapest m | D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 9. G Reichhelm vs Showalter |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1895 |
Manhattan CC-Franklin CC telegraph | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 10. Janowski vs M Goetz |
| 1-0 | 33 |
1896 |
Championship of the Cafe de la Regence | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 11. Albin vs Schlechter |
 | 1-0 | 42 |
1896 |
Budapest | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 12. Tarrasch vs Teichmann |
 | 1-0 | 43 |
1896 |
Nuremberg | D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 13. Pillsbury vs Englisch |
| ½-½ | 62 |
1896 |
Vienna m | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 14. Burn vs Janowski |
 | 0-1 | 31 |
1897 |
Berlin | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 15. Burn vs A Zinkl |
| 1-0 | 72 |
1897 |
Berlin | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 16. Pillsbury vs Showalter |
 | 1-0 | 66 |
1897 |
Pillsbury - Showalter | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 17. Pillsbury vs Showalter |
 | 1-0 | 40 |
1897 |
Pillsbury - Showalter | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 18. Marshall vs Showalter |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1898 |
ch New York State | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 19. H W Trenchard vs Janowski |
| 0-1 | 63 |
1898 |
Vienna | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 20. Tarrasch vs Burn |
| ½-½ | 29 |
1898 |
Vienna | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 21. Maroczy vs Schiffers |
 | 1-0 | 32 |
1898 |
Vienna | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 22. S T King vs W Napier |
| 0-1 | 34 |
1898 |
cr USA | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 23. Pillsbury vs Showalter |
| ½-½ | 73 |
1898 |
Vienna | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 24. Schlechter vs Von Gottschall |
 | 0-1 | 32 |
1898 |
11th DSB Kongress, Cologne | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 25. Burn vs K Walbrodt |
| 1-0 | 43 |
1898 |
Vienna | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |