| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Lasker vs Ed Lasker |
 | ½-½ | 103 |
1924 |
New York | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 2. Kupchik vs Carlos Torre |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1925 |
New York m, USA | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 3. G A Thomas vs Gruenfeld |
| 0-1 | 100 |
1925 |
Baden Baden | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 4. J Dobropistsev vs Botvinnik |
 | 0-1 | 45 |
1926 |
Leningrad ch-city | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 5. Keres vs Vidmar |
 | 1-0 | 65 |
1936 |
Bad Nauheim | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 6. S Belavenets vs Alatortsev |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1939 |
Leningrad/Moscow training | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 7. Smyslov vs Levenfish |
| ½-½ | 63 |
1939 |
Leningrad/Moscow training | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 8. T Hess vs Vidmar |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1939 |
Stuttgart | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 9. Konstantinopolsky vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1945 |
USSR Championship | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 10. O'Kelly vs H Steiner |
 | 0-1 | 48 |
1946 |
Groningen | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 11. M Christoffel vs O Bernstein |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1946 |
Groningen | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 12. Pachman vs Novotelnov |
| ½-½ | 50 |
1947 |
Moscow | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 13. K Galia vs Szabo |
| 1-0 | 35 |
1947 |
Schlechter mem | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 14. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 58 |
1947 |
it, Warsaw (Poland) | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 15. Yanofsky vs Pachman |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1948 |
Izt Stockholm | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 16. Euwe vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 42 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 17. L Steiner vs Szabo |
 | 0-1 | 39 |
1948 |
Saltsjobaden | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 18. Smyslov vs Reshevsky |
 | ½-½ | 41 |
1948 |
FIDE World Championship Tournament | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 19. Bronstein vs Keres |
 | 1-0 | 35 |
1949 |
USSR Championship | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 20. Schmid vs Niephaus |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1949 |
Heidelberg | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 21. Szabo vs Lilienthal |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1949 |
HUN | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 22. A Arulaid vs Bannik |
| 0-1 | 75 |
1949 |
URS-ch sf | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 23. Rossolimo vs Foltys |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1949 |
Venice | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 24. P van't Veer vs Purdy |
| 0-1 | 44 |
1950 |
1st World Correspondence Chess Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 25. Aronin vs G Borisenko |
 | ½-½ | 81 |
1950 |
USSR Championship | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |