Games Invented by Ralph Betza on Zillions of Games
Almost Chess
. One queen has combined rook and knight moves. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Augmented Chess
. Players give standard chess pieces small additional movement possibilities from predescribed set. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Avalanche Chess
. A popular chess variant, where you advance your opponents pawns. Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Avian Airforce
. Experimental Rider/Leaper Army for Chess with Different Armies vs the Usual Four and Other Armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Captain Spalding Chess
. Find an Elephant in your Pajamas. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies
. Version using Alfaerie graphics. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies
. Massive version of Chess with Different Armies with index page and many experimental armies. Author: Peter S. Hatch. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies
. Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chess with Different Armies
. Play chess but with different types of armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chessopoly
. Board with a hole in the middle where pawns move clockwise. Author: Andrew Juell. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Chigorin Chess. White has knights instead of bishops and a chancellor for his queen; black has bishops instead of knights. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Confusion Chess1b
. Every piece is replaced by something roughly equivalent that moves strangely. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Different Armies Chess
. Missing description Author: João Pedro Neto. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Doublestep Chess and Doubletime Chess
. All pieces may move twice when moving. Author: Young-Hyun Joo. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Feeble Chess
. Very weak pieces, but still 'chess-like'. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Halfling Chess
. Game where all pieces (except Knights) are Halflings. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Inverse Capture Chess
. Pieces are captured the way they move. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Nearly Colorboundmost Chess
. Game where all pieces except the Pawns are entirely colorbound, and interactions between colors are weak. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Spacious Cannoneers
. Experimental Army for Chess with Different Armies vs the traditional CDA Armies. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Taxi Chess
. Pay for moves: long moves are expensive. Author: Robert Price. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
The Black Ghost
. Black gets a teleporting Ghost piece that can not capture to balance White's first move advantage. Author: Antoine Fourrière. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
This Game is for the Birds
. Game where pieces fly past obstacles and some pieces capture by pecking. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza and Peter Aronson.
Tournament Chess with Different Armies
. Chess with Different Armies ZRF for the Chess with Different Armies e-mail tournament. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Tripunch Chess. Knights become Nightriders, Rooks add Gryphon moves, Bishops add Aanca moves, and Queens become unbelievable. Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Tutti Frutti Chess
. With bishop-knight, knight-rook, queen-knight and the usual pieces on an 8 by 8 board. Author: Uwe Wiedemann. Inventor: Ralph Betza.
Weakest Chess
. Pieces are as weak as possible while still retaining chess-like qualities. Author: David Howe. Inventor: Ralph Betza.