Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. H Kennedy vs M Wyvill |
  | 1-0 | 37 | 1851 | London | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
2. M Lange vs Hengstenberg |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1863 | Main Tournament | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
3. A Burns vs W Tullidge |
 | 1-0 | 29 | 1866 | Melbourne Chess Club Handicap Tournament | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
4. Anderssen vs J Minckwitz |
 | 0-1 | 33 | 1866 | Berlin | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
5. Steinitz vs D Lindsay |
 | 1-0 | 24 | 1867 | Steinitz Blindfold Simul 6b, Dundee | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
6. Steinitz vs G MacDonnell |
  | 1-0 | 30 | 1867 | Dundee Congress | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
7. Zukertort vs Chess Club |
 | 1-0 | 49 | 1868 | corr | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
8. Zukertort vs J Minckwitz |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1869 | 2nd NSB Congress, Hamburg | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
9. Steinitz vs de Vere |
  | 1-0 | 45 | 1870 | Baden-Baden | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
10. Zukertort vs de Vere |
 | 1-0 | 17 | 1872 | BCA Grand International, London | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
11. J de Soyres vs W Parratt |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1874 | 2nd Oxford - Cambridge Varsity m | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
12. Zukertort vs C Moriau |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1875 | London CC | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
13. W H Grundy vs W Rouse Ball |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1876 | 4th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity m | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
14. Chigorin vs A Ascharin |
  | 1-0 | 25 | 1877 | St. Petersburg | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
15. Steinitz vs G M Day |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1877 | Blindfold simul, 4b | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
16. W Paulsen vs C Leffmann |
| ½-½ | 34 | 1877 | Leipzig | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
17. C Goering vs Anderssen |
  | 1-0 | 37 | 1877 | Leipzig | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
18. Wemmers vs E Schallopp |
 | 1-0 | 40 | 1877 | 11th West German Congress, Cologne | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
19. K Pitschel vs Bird |
  | 0-1 | 49 | 1878 | Paris | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
20. Zukertort vs Anderssen |
 | ½-½ | 25 | 1878 | Paris | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
21. K Pitschel vs Mackenzie |
 | ½-½ | 72 | 1878 | Paris | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
22. J Minckwitz vs W Paulsen |
| 0-1 | 20 | 1878 | 12th West German Congress, Frankfort am Main | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
23. Zukertort vs J Owen |
 | 1-0 | 31 | 1878 | Zukertort - Owen Casual Series | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
24. Tarrasch vs Mendelson |
  | 1-0 | 24 | 1879 | Breslau | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
25. N V Nerling vs A Ascharin |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1879 | St. Petersburg | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |