| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Schlechter vs Chigorin |
 | 1-0 | 32 |
1907 |
Ostend (Championship) | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 2. R P Michell vs A Teller |
| 0-1 | 69 |
1926 |
Hastings 1926/27 | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 3. J Van Den Bosch vs T Van Scheltinga |
 | 1-0 | 34 |
1936 |
Amsterdam | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 4. Boleslavsky vs E Korchmar |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1938 |
Ukraine Ch | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 5. I Rabinovich vs Flohr |
| 0-1 | 37 |
1939 |
Leningrad/Moscow training | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 6. J Balogh vs Szabo |
| 0-1 | 45 |
1939 |
Budapest | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 7. M Yudovich Sr. vs Levenfish |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1939 |
USSR Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 8. I Rabinovich vs Levenfish |
 | 0-1 | 55 |
1939 |
Leningrad/Moscow training | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 9. C Hounie Fleurquin vs Alekhine |
 | 0-1 | 62 |
1939 |
Montevideo (07) | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 10. Ragozin vs Botvinnik |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1940 |
Leningrad | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 11. Ragozin vs Lilienthal |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1940 |
USSR Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 12. Pinkus vs F Reinfeld |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1940 |
USA Ch | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 13. Smyslov vs Keres |
 | 1-0 | 72 |
1941 |
USSR Absolute Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 14. Boleslavsky vs Keres |
 | 1-0 | 90 |
1941 |
USSR Absolute Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 15. Boleslavsky vs Vulfson Vladimir |
| 1-0 | 50 |
1942 |
Kuibyshev | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 16. B Milic vs Pirc |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1945 |
Liberation | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 17. F Benko vs Najdorf |
 | ½-½ | 108 |
1945 |
Buenos Aires Circulo ;HCL 24 | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 18. Yanofsky vs Botvinnik |
 | 1-0 | 53 |
1946 |
Groningen | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 19. Gligoric vs Pirc |
| 1-0 | 73 |
1946 |
Liberation | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 20. Prins vs C Vlagsma |
| 1-0 | 44 |
1946 |
NED-ch prelim II | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 21. M Luckis vs Jacobo Bolbochan |
| 1-0 | 46 |
1946 |
Mar del Plata ARG | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 22. C Vlagsma vs T Van Scheltinga |
| 0-1 | 53 |
1946 |
Maastricht | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 23. Boleslavsky vs Ragozin |
| 1-0 | 83 |
1947 |
USSR Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 24. Foltys vs Prins |
| ½-½ | 63 |
1947 |
Team match NED-CZE | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 25. N Kopilov vs Chekhover |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1947 |
URS-ch sf | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |