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 |
 | 1-0 | 39 | 1876 | Simpson's Divan, London | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
3. J F Malta vs L Benima |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1885 | DCA Congress 13th | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
4. R Topham vs F Newbolt |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1886 | 14th Oxford - Cambridge Varsity m | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
5. V Tietz vs Lasker |
  | 0-1 | 40 | 1889 | Breslau Hauptturnier A | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
6. R Loman vs Lasker |
  | 0-1 | 22 | 1889 | Amsterdam | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
7. Showalter vs M Judd |
| 1-0 | 61 | 1890 | Judd - Showalter | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
8. Olland vs R Loman |
| 0-1 | 52 | 1891 | DCA Congress 19th | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
9. P H Dyke vs E Poynton |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1893 | 21st Oxford - Cambridge Varsity m | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
10. P Seuffert vs J Mieses |
 | ½-½ | 62 | 1893 | 8th DSB Congress, Kiel | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
11. Metger vs J Mieses |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1893 | 8th DSB Congress, Kiel | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
12. Showalter vs Lasker |
  | 0-1 | 33 | 1893 | Impromptu International Congress, New York | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
13. H Helms vs J C Tatum |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1894 | Helms - Tatum | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
14. A Zinkl vs Teichmann |
| 0-1 | 53 | 1894 | 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
15. R Loman vs Lewis Woodward Lewis |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1894 | Surrey-Kent | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
16. E Spencer-Churchill vs W Quin |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1895 | 23rd Oxford - Cambridge Varsity m | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
17. G Marco vs Tarrasch |
 | 0-1 | 45 | 1895 | Hastings | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
18. Von Bardeleben vs Tarrasch |
 | ½-½ | 40 | 1895 | Hastings | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
19. Schlechter vs Chigorin |
 | 0-1 | 78 | 1895 | Hastings | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
20. K Walbrodt vs Steinitz |
  | 0-1 | 32 | 1895 | Hastings | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
21. Lasker vs Chigorin |
  | 1-0 | 30 | 1896 | St. Petersburg 1895/96 | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
22. G Exner vs Charousek |
 | 1-0 | 50 | 1896 | 2nd Match Charousek Exner | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
23. Winawer vs Schlechter |
| 0-1 | 50 | 1897 | Berlin | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
24. H Balson vs H E Atkins |
 | 0-1 | 43 | 1898 | Leicestershire - Derbyshire m | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
25. Lasker vs C W Blake |
 | 1-0 | 28 | 1898 | Simul, 25b | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |