| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. J F Donovan vs A Siegal |
 | 1-0 | 22 | 1937 | Intercollegiate Chess League | D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 2. H Seidman vs J F Donovan |
| 0-1 | 58 | 1940 | Ventnor City | B72 Sicilian, Dragon |
| 3. H R Morris vs J F Donovan |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1940 | Ventnor City | A06 Reti Opening |
| 4. J F Donovan vs L W Stephens |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1940 | Ventnor City | B10 Caro-Kann |
| 5. M L Hanauer vs J F Donovan |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1940 | Ventnor City | D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical |
| 6. J F Donovan vs W Adams |
| ½-½ | 37 | 1940 | Ventnor City | C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 7. E McCormick vs J F Donovan |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1940 | Ventnor City | B50 Sicilian |
| 8. J F Donovan vs Santasiere |
 | 0-1 | 54 | 1940 | Ventnor City | D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran |
| 9. J F Donovan vs S Bernstein |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1940 | Ventnor City | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
| 10. O Ulvestad vs J F Donovan |
| 0-1 | 31 | 1940 | Ventnor City | A22 English |
| 11. P R Geffe vs J F Donovan |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1940 | Ventnor City | B72 Sicilian, Dragon |
| 12. J F Donovan vs H Burdge |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1940 | Ventnor City | D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical |
| 13. J F Donovan vs A Pinkus |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1941 | Ventnor City | C83 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 14. F Reinfeld vs J F Donovan |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1941 | Ventnor City | D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation |
| 15. J F Donovan vs W Adams |
| 0-1 | 52 | 1941 | Ventnor City | D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit |
| 16. S Bernstein vs J F Donovan |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1941 | Ventnor City | D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
| 17. Santasiere vs J F Donovan |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1941 | Ventnor City | D04 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 18. J F Donovan vs R Durkin |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1941 | Ventnor City | D87 Grunfeld, Exchange |
| 19. M L Hanauer vs J F Donovan |
| ½-½ | 64 | 1941 | Ventnor City | A15 English |
| 20. J F Donovan vs J Levin |
| 0-1 | 60 | 1941 | Ventnor City | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 21. A Mengarini vs J F Donovan |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1941 | Ventnor City | A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack |
| 22. J F Donovan vs J Moskowitz |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1942 | Ventnor City | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 23. Yanofsky vs J F Donovan |
| 1-0 | 23 | 1942 | Ventnor City | B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
| 24. J F Donovan vs A Pinkus |
| 0-1 | 31 | 1942 | Ventnor City | D85 Grunfeld |
| 25. Shainswit vs J F Donovan |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1942 | Ventnor City | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
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