Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. W Kamphuijzen vs J Andriessen |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1873 | 1st DCA Congress, The Hague | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
2. G MacDonnell vs J Wisker |
| ½-½ | 72 | 1874 | Wisker-MacDonnell | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
3. G MacDonnell vs J Wisker |
 | 1-0 | 39 | 1876 | Simpson's Divan, London | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
4. J Malta vs L Benima |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1885 | DCA Congress 13th | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
5. J W Baird vs H H Schieffelin |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1885 | Manhattan CC Championship 1885 | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
6. R Topham vs F Newbolt |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1886 | 14th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity m | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
7. V Tietz vs Lasker |
  | 0-1 | 40 | 1889 | Breslau Hauptturnier A | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
8. R Loman vs Lasker |
  | 0-1 | 22 | 1889 | Amsterdam | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
9. Showalter vs M Judd |
| 1-0 | 61 | 1890 | Judd - Showalter | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
10. Olland vs R Loman |
| 0-1 | 52 | 1891 | DCA Congress 19th | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
11. P H Dyke vs E Poynton |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1893 | 21st Oxford - Cambridge Varsity m | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
12. P Seuffert vs J Mieses |
 | ½-½ | 62 | 1893 | 8th DSB Congress, Kiel | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
13. J Metger vs J Mieses |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1893 | 8th DSB Congress, Kiel | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
14. Showalter vs Lasker |
  | 0-1 | 33 | 1893 | Impromptu International Congress, New York | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
15. H Helms vs J C Tatum |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1894 | Helms - Tatum | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
16. A Zinkl vs Teichmann |
| 0-1 | 53 | 1894 | 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
17. R Loman vs Lewis Woodward Lewis |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1894 | Surrey-Kent | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
18. E Spencer-Churchill vs W Quin |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1895 | 23rd Oxford - Cambridge Varsity m | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
19. G Marco vs Tarrasch |
 | 0-1 | 45 | 1895 | Hastings | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
20. von Bardeleben vs Tarrasch |
 | ½-½ | 40 | 1895 | Hastings | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
21. Walbrodt vs Steinitz |
  | 0-1 | 32 | 1895 | Hastings | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
22. Schlechter vs Chigorin |
 | 0-1 | 78 | 1895 | Hastings | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
23. S Jacoby vs Charousek |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1896 | Casual game | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
24. Lasker vs Chigorin |
  | 1-0 | 30 | 1896 | St. Petersburg Quadrangular 1895/96 | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
25. G Exner vs Charousek |
 | 1-0 | 50 | 1896 | Charousek - Exner, 2nd Match | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |