Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Steinitz vs W P Shipley |
 | 0-1 | 25 | 1883 | Simul, 21b | C25 Vienna |
2. Zukertort vs W P Shipley |
 | 0-1 | 28 | 1884 | Zukertort Simul 12b, Germantown | C25 Vienna |
3. Steinitz vs W P Shipley |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1887 | Simul | C52 Evans Gambit |
4. W P Shipley vs M Weiss |
 | 1-0 | 19 | 1889 | Philadelphia | C45 Scotch Game |
5. W P Shipley vs Gunsberg |
 | 1-0 | 28 | 1889 | Philadelphia | C78 Ruy Lopez |
6. J P Morgan vs W P Shipley |
  | 1-0 | 38 | 1890 | 5th Franklin CC Championship 1890 | C25 Vienna |
7. C Martinez vs W P Shipley |
| 1-0 | 61 | 1890 | 6th Franklin CC Championship 1890 | C78 Ruy Lopez |
8. W P Shipley vs J Narraway |
| ½-½ | 37 | 1891 | Globe tourney-2 -4 | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
9. J P Morgan vs W P Shipley |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1891 | Shipley - Morgan | C25 Vienna |
10. W P Shipley vs J P Morgan |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1891 | Shipley - Morgan | C47 Four Knights |
11. W P Shipley vs J P Morgan |
| 1-0 | 15 | 1891 | Shipley - Morgan | C55 Two Knights Defense |
12. J P Morgan vs W P Shipley |
 | 0-1 | 12 | 1891 | Shipley - Morgan | C25 Vienna |
13. J P Morgan vs W P Shipley |
  | 0-1 | 24 | 1891 | Shipley - Morgan | C25 Vienna |
14. W P Shipley vs Lasker |
  | 0-1 | 38 | 1892 | Match series | C55 Two Knights Defense |
15. Lasker vs W P Shipley |
  | 0-1 | 24 | 1892 | Match series | C25 Vienna |
16. Pillsbury vs W P Shipley |
 | 0-1 | 96 | 1893 | Philadelphia | A07 King's Indian Attack |
17. Lasker vs W P Shipley |
 | 0-1 | 54 | 1893 | Simul, 20b | C25 Vienna |
18. W P Shipley vs H G Voigt |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1893 | 8th Franklin CC Championship 1892/93 | C48 Four Knights |
19. Walbrodt vs W P Shipley |
 | 1-0 | 28 | 1893 | Walbrodt Exhibition, Match Game | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
20. C Hinrichs vs W P Shipley |
| 0-1 | 16 | 1893 | 9th Franklin CC Championship 1893/94 | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
21. W P Shipley vs H G Voigt |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1894 | New York | B20 Sicilian |
22. Albin vs W P Shipley |
  | 1-0 | 18 | 1894 | Casual game | C53 Giuoco Piano |
23. S R Rocamora vs W P Shipley |
 | 0-1 | 23 | 1895 | Manhattan CC - Franklin CC telegraph m | C42 Petrov Defense |
24. E Delmar vs W P Shipley |
 | 1-0 | 54 | 1896 | Manhattan CC - Franklin CC | B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
25. M Morgan vs W P Shipley |
| 1-0 | 23 | 1897 | Continental Tournament | A80 Dutch |