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 . 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.
- 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.
- 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 . Play chess but with different types of armies. 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.