| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Bird vs C F Smith |
| 1-0 | 20 | 1850 | Casual game | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 2. Bird vs C F Smith |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1850 | Casual game | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 3. Bird vs Anderssen |
  | 1-0 | 44 | 1851 | Casual game | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 4. Bird vs Horwitz |
| 1-0 | 59 | 1851 | London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 5. Bird vs Horwitz |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 6. Bird vs Anderssen |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1857 | Casual game | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 7. Bird vs Anderssen |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1862 | London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 8. Bird vs Anderssen |
| 0-1 | 64 | 1866 | Casual game | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 9. Bird vs Steinitz |
| ½-½ | 24 | 1866 | Bird - Steinitz | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 10. Bird vs Steinitz |
| 0-1 | 66 | 1866 | Bird - Steinitz | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 11. Bird vs Steinitz |
| ½-½ | 56 | 1866 | Bird - Steinitz | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 12. Bird vs Steinitz |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1866 | Bird - Steinitz | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 13. Bird vs C De Vere |
| 1-0 | 19 | 1868 | Casual game | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 14. Bird vs Steinitz |
| 1-0 | 14 | 1868 | Casual game | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 15. Bird vs J Mortimer |
| ½-½ | 79 | 1883 | London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 16. Bird vs C Ranken |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1885 | CCA Masters | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 17. Bird vs Burn |
| 0-1 | 21 | 1889 | 6th American Chess Congress, New York | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
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