| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. O Bernstein vs Rubinstein |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1907 |
Ostende-B | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 2. Alapin vs Rubinstein |
| ½-½ | 49 |
1907 |
Fifth All-Russian Championship | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 3. H Suechting vs Salwe |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1907 |
Ostende-B | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 4. Z Barasz vs F Chalupetzky |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1911 |
Budapest | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 5. L Asztalos vs F Chalupetzky |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1911 |
Budapest | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 6. J Dobropistsev vs Botvinnik |
 | 0-1 | 35 |
1925 |
Leningrad 1st cat | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 7. G A Thomas vs Rubinstein |
 | 0-1 | 63 |
1925 |
Baden Baden | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 8. N Panchenko vs Botvinnik |
| ½-½ | 49 |
1927 |
Leningrad-Moskva | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 9. Yates vs L Asztalos |
 | 1-0 | 53 |
1927 |
1st olm final | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 10. M Schaffer vs W Adams |
 | 0-1 | 36 |
1946 |
US Open prelim | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 11. Jansa vs M Crues Albareda |
| 0-1 | 34 |
1961 |
EU/MM: SPA-CSSR | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 12. Karpov vs I Nowak |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1966 |
09, Trinec | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 13. J Stefanov vs E Nowak |
| 0-1 | 66 |
1966 |
Orebro Stud olm fA | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 14. B Ivanovic vs M Dzajkovski |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1968 |
YUG-ch 23th | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 15. P Ostojic vs B Ivanovic |
| 1-0 | 63 |
1969 |
YUG-ch 24th | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 16. E Haag vs Book |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1969 |
Tallinn it | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 17. V Vepkhvishvili vs Z Tsulaia |
| ½-½ | 66 |
1969 |
Qual Georgian Pupils Team | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 18. Gilg vs List |
| 1-0 | 38 |
1969 |
Obb-tt Freising-Rosenheim | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 19. E Haag vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1969 |
Goglidze mem | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 20. Ujtumen vs Y Safvat |
| 1-0 | 48 |
1970 |
Siegen olm prelim2 | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 21. Spassky vs E Scholl |
 | ½-½ | 44 |
1970 |
Amsterdam | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 22. V Ciocaltea vs Tringov |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1978 |
Balkaniad (Men) 10th | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 23. Spassky vs K Janetschek |
| 1-0 | 44 |
1980 |
It ( cat. 12 ) | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 24. Tringov vs Z Nikolic |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1981 |
Nis | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 25. DeFirmian vs Z Nikolic |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1983 |
Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia) | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |