Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
26. Bird vs H Buckle |
| 1-0 | 23 | 1850 | Odds Game (Pf7) | 000 Chess variants |
27. Bird vs C F Smith |
 | 0-1 | 15 | 1850 | Casual game | C40 King's Knight Opening |
28. Bird vs C F Smith |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1850 | Casual game | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
29. C F Smith vs Bird |
 | 1-0 | 20 | 1850 | Casual game | C38 King's Gambit Accepted |
30. Bird vs C F Smith |
 | 1-0 | 21 | 1850 | Casual game | C51 Evans Gambit |
31. C F Smith vs Bird |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1850 | Casual series | C51 Evans Gambit |
32. Bird vs Anderssen |
  | 1-0 | 44 | 1851 | Casual game | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
33. Bird vs Baines |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1851 | Odds Game (Ra1) | 000 Chess variants |
34. Bird vs Szen |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1851 | Casual game | C67 Ruy Lopez |
35. Horwitz vs Bird |
  | 1-0 | 55 | 1851 | London | B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 |
36. Bird vs Horwitz |
  | 0-1 | 32 | 1851 | London | B30 Sicilian |
37. Horwitz vs Bird |
  | ½-½ | 54 | 1851 | London | A10 English |
38. Bird vs Horwitz |
  | 1-0 | 59 | 1851 | London | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
39. Bird vs Horwitz |
 | ½-½ | 54 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
40. Horwitz vs Bird |
  | 1-0 | 36 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C39 King's Gambit Accepted |
41. Bird vs Horwitz |
 | 0-1 | 38 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C41 Philidor Defense |
42. Bird vs Horwitz |
 | 1-0 | 29 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
43. Horwitz vs Bird |
 | 1-0 | 62 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C01 French, Exchange |
44. Bird vs Horwitz |
 | 0-1 | 35 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense |
45. Horwitz vs Bird |
 | 1-0 | 63 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | B44 Sicilian |
46. Horwitz vs Bird |
 | 1-0 | 24 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C41 Philidor Defense |
47. Horwitz vs Bird |
 | ½-½ | 31 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 |
48. Horwitz vs Bird |
 | ½-½ | 48 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 |
49. Bird vs Horwitz |
 | ½-½ | 45 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C41 Philidor Defense |
50. Bird vs Horwitz |
  | 1-0 | 61 | 1851 | Bird - Horwitz | C67 Ruy Lopez |