| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. C Soul vs J Robey |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1876 | Liverpool CC - Manchester CC m | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 27. H Davidson vs Mason |
| 0-1 | 61 | 1876 | 4th American Chess Congress, Philadelphia | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 28. H Davidson vs Bird |
 | 0-1 | 25 | 1876 | 4th American Chess Congress, Philadelphia | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 29. J Elson vs Bird |
| ½-½ | 38 | 1876 | 4th American Chess Congress, Philadelphia | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 30. E Schallopp vs E Flechsig |
| 1-0 | 59 | 1877 | 3rd MSB Congress, Leipzig | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 31. Winawer vs C Goering |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1877 | 3rd MSB Congress, Leipzig | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 32. Englisch vs C Goering |
| 0-1 | 60 | 1877 | 3rd MSB Congress, Leipzig | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 33. Anderssen vs W Paulsen |
| 1-0 | 52 | 1877 | 3rd MSB Congress, Leipzig | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 34. Winawer vs Bird |
 | 1-0 | 54 | 1878 | Paris | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 35. Mason vs Bird |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1878 | Paris | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 36. E von Schmidt vs Chigorin |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1879 | Casual game | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 37. J Congdon vs E Delmar |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1880 | 5th American Chess Congress, New York | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 38. Gaebler vs Bird |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1880 | Match | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 39. J Minckwitz vs E Schallopp |
| 1-0 | 68 | 1880 | Graz | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 40. J Noa vs E Schallopp |
| 0-1 | 27 | 1880 | Graz | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 41. C Chaseray vs A Clerc |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1881 | 2nd French National, Paris | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 42. Englisch vs Bird |
| 1-0 | 53 | 1882 | Vienna | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 43. J Noa vs Bird |
| ½-½ | 107 | 1882 | Vienna | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 44. Mackenzie vs Bird |
| 0-1 | 45 | 1883 | London | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 45. Englisch vs Winawer |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1883 | London | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 46. Winawer vs Bird |
| 1-0 | 53 | 1883 | London | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 47. Winawer vs Bird |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1883 | 3rd DSB Congress, Nuremberg | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 48. E Schallopp vs Bird |
| 1-0 | 54 | 1883 | 3rd DSB Congress, Nuremberg | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 49. NN vs Mason |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1885 | Casual game | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 50. W Wayte vs E Thorold |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1885 | Match | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
Kibitzing
