| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Schlechter vs Chigorin |
 | 1-0 | 32 | 1907 | Ostend Champions | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 2. Lasker vs Ed Lasker |
 | ½-½ | 103 | 1924 | New York | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 3. R Michell vs A Teller |
| 0-1 | 69 | 1926 | Hastings 1926/27 | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 4. A Selezniev vs B Shapiro |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1928 | Ukrainian Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 5. J van den Bosch vs T van Scheltinga |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1936 | Amsterdam | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 6. Boleslavsky vs E Korchmar |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1938 | Ukrainian Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 7. D Rovner vs I Pogrebissky |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1938 | URS-ch sf Kiev | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 8. Yanofsky vs J Morrison |
| ½-½ | 42 | 1938 | Canadian Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 9. L Long vs A Gromer |
| 0-1 | 42 | 1938 | French Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 10. L Abramov vs L Shamaev |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1939 | 14th Ch Leningrad | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 11. J Balogh vs Szabo |
| 0-1 | 45 | 1939 | Budapest | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 12. I Rabinovich vs Levenfish |
| 0-1 | 55 | 1939 | Leningrad / Moscow training | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 13. I Rabinovich vs Flohr |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1939 | Leningrad / Moscow training | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 14. M Yudovich Sr vs Levenfish |
| 1-0 | 47 | 1939 | USSR Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 15. C Hounie Fleurquin vs Alekhine |
| 0-1 | 62 | 1939 | Montevideo | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 16. A Pinkus vs F Reinfeld |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1940 | United States Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 17. Ragozin vs Botvinnik |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1940 | Botvinnik - Ragozin | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 18. Smyslov vs Botvinnik |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1940 | USSR Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 19. Boleslavsky vs Lisitsin |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1940 | USSR Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 20. Ragozin vs Lilienthal |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1940 | USSR Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 21. Z Solmanis vs Karing |
| 1-0 | 56 | 1941 | Baltic SSR Team tournament | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 22. Boleslavsky vs Keres |
| 1-0 | 90 | 1941 | USSR Absolute Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 23. Smyslov vs Keres |
| 1-0 | 72 | 1941 | USSR Absolute Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 24. P Michel vs Pilnik |
| 1-0 | 67 | 1941 | Buenos Aires Circulo | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 25. O'Kelly vs J B Perlmutter |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1942 | corr ch-BEL | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
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