| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. P A Saburov vs Znosko-Borovsky |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1900 | St Petersburg | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 2. P W Sergeant vs H F Cheshire |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1904 | BCF-ch First Class A | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 3. W Gunston vs H F Cheshire |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1918 | ENG corr | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 4. Reti vs Susholz |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1919 | Simul, 36b | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 5. K Treybal vs K Vanek |
 | 1-0 | 34 | 1921 | Brno | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 6. H Wagner vs A Brinckmann |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1923 | 23. DSB Kongress | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 7. Spielmann vs K Treybal |
| 1-0 | 65 | 1929 | Karlsbad | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 8. Maroczy vs M Monticelli |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1930 | San Remo | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 9. L Steiner vs A Gromer |
| 1-0 | 70 | 1931 | Prague Olympiad | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 10. L Asztalos vs Stoltz |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1931 | Bled | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 11. H Johner vs S Rosselli del Turco |
| 1-0 | 25 | 1934 | Zurich | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 12. Kan vs Rauzer |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1934 | USSR Championship 1934/35 | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 13. A Tsvetkov vs S Rosselli del Turco |
| 1-0 | 60 | 1936 | non-FIDE Munich Olympiad | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 14. B Verlinsky vs N Zubarev |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1937 | Ch Moscow | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 15. Panov vs B Verlinsky |
| 1-0 | 76 | 1938 | URS-ch sf | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 16. L Engels vs Julio Bolbochan |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1941 | Mar del Plata | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 17. Kashdan vs Reshevsky |
| 1-0 | 47 | 1942 | USA-ch playoff-1pl | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 18. Gligoric vs Mihajlo Markovic |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1946 | YUG-ch | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 19. Bronstein vs Simagin |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1947 | Moscow-ch playoff | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 20. Keres vs V Makogonov |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1947 | Parnu | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 21. Smyslov vs Reshevsky |
 | 1-0 | 52 | 1948 | FIDE World Championship Tournament | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 22. R Nezhmetdinov vs V A Vasiliev |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1949 | URS-ch sf | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 23. O Sarapu vs Saemisch |
| 1-0 | 77 | 1949 | Oldenburg | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 24. Bisguier vs R Larson |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1949 | 50th US Open | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 25. Wade vs L Schmid |
| 1-0 | 21 | 1950 | Match | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
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