| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. J Cross vs P Dietz |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1946 | US Junior Championship | D55 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 2. J Cross vs G Kramer |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1946 | 47th US Open | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 3. O Ulvestad vs J Cross |
 | 1-0 | 54 | 1946 | 47th US Open | C45 Scotch Game |
| 4. J Cross vs T B Eckenrode |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1946 | 47th US Open. Preliminary | D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 5. J Cross vs P Poschel |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1948 | US Junior Ch | E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation |
| 6. J Cross vs P Peterson |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1948 | California State-ch | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 7. W Adams vs J Cross |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1948 | Simul Adams +12 -04 =00 | C28 Vienna Game |
| 8. J Cross vs Kashdan |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1949 | Exhib Kahdan | E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann |
| 9. J Cross vs G Croy |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1949 | California State-ch | C02 French, Advance |
| 10. J Cross vs I Rivise |
| 0-1 | 71 | 1949 | California State-ch | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 11. J Cross vs E Pruner |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1949 | California State-ch | E10 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 12. Reshevsky vs J Cross |
| ½-½ | 45 | 1950 | Exhib Reshevsky | D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 13. L T Magee vs J Cross |
| 0-1 | 31 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | B83 Sicilian |
| 14. J Cross vs G Eastman |
| ½-½ | 50 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 |
| 15. J Westbrock vs J Cross |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation |
| 16. J Cross vs Evans |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 17. J Gonzalez de Vega vs J Cross |
| 1-0 | 63 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 18. J Cross vs K R Jones |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit |
| 19. H E Myers vs J Cross |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 20. J Cross vs E Hearst |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense |
| 21. H Ridout vs J Cross |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 22. J Cross vs N Whitaker |
| 1-0 | 48 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | D50 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 23. A Sandrin vs J Cross |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1951 | 52nd US Open | D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
| 24. J Cross vs V Pafnutieff |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1952 | Hollywood | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 25. Gligoric vs J Cross |
| ½-½ | 46 | 1952 | Hollywood | E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
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