| 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. Taubenhaus vs Schlechter |
| 1-0 | 27 |
1903 |
Monte Carlo | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 3. Yates vs K Treybal |
| 1-0 | 30 |
1923 |
Karlsbad | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 4. Z Vecsey vs K Treybal |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1928 |
Prague Evony | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 5. L Steiner vs K Treybal |
| 0-1 | 43 |
1928 |
Wch Amateur | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 6. Rubinstein vs K Treybal |
 | 1-0 | 64 |
1929 |
Karlsbad | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 7. Spielmann vs K Treybal |
| 1-0 | 65 |
1929 |
Karlsbad | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 8. E G Sergeant vs Rubinstein |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1930 |
3, Scarborough it ENG | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 9. Stoltz vs K Treybal |
| ½-½ | 71 |
1930 |
Hamburg ol (Men) | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 10. L Asztalos vs Stoltz |
 | 1-0 | 30 |
1931 |
Bled | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 11. S Von Freymann vs I Rabinovich |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1933 |
USSR Championship | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 12. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs I Rabinovich |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1936 |
Leningrad-ch | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 13. Boleslavsky vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1945 |
USSR Championship | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 14. Simagin vs Panov |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1947 |
Ch Moscow | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 15. Bronstein vs Simagin |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1947 |
Moscow ch-city | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 16. Keres vs V Makogonov |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1947 |
Parnu tt | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 17. A Vajda vs Szabo |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1950 |
Budapest HUN ch | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 18. N Bergqvist vs H Staudte |
| 0-1 | 61 |
1950 |
Dubrovnik olm | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 19. Z Milev vs Sliwa |
| 1-0 | 48 |
1952 |
Miedzyzdroje | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 20. Pilnik vs A Medina Garcia |
| 1-0 | 58 |
1953 |
Mar del Plata | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 21. Yanofsky vs A Medina Garcia |
| ½-½ | 77 |
1953 |
Hastings 1952/53 | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 22. Pilnik vs Sliwa |
| 1-0 | 94 |
1955 |
Gothenburg Interzonal | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 23. B Andersen vs V Ciocaltea |
| 0-1 | 33 |
1956 |
Dresden it | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 24. S Muehlberg vs Sliwa |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1956 |
Dresden it | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 25. K W Behle vs G Pfeiffer |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1957 |
Bad Neuenahr | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |