631 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a intermezzo (in-between move)?
An intermezzo interrupts an apparently forced sequence with a stronger in-between move — usually a check or a bigger threat — before recapturing. The extra tempo often wins material outright.
How to spot it
Before any automatic recapture, scan every check and mate threat available instead. If one exists, calculate it first — the recapture usually still waits for you afterwards.
What this set trains
Intermezzo sets break the auto-recapture reflex, one of the most common calculation leaks at every level.
Foundation: 45Developing: 133Challenging: 172Advanced: 281
foundation
Rating 835
crushingintermezzokingsideAttack
foundation
Rating 913
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 944
crushingintermezzoopening
foundation
Rating 944
crushingintermezzoopening
foundation
Rating 957
crushingintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 958
intermezzokingsideAttackmate
foundation
Rating 978
advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
foundation
Rating 980
advantageintermezzoopening
foundation
Rating 983
advantageendgamehangingPiece
foundation
Rating 984
endgameintermezzomate
foundation
Rating 989
crushingintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 990
advantageendgameintermezzo
foundation
Rating 996
advantageendgamehangingPiece
foundation
Rating 999
endgameintermezzomate
foundation
Rating 1010
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1010
advantageendgamehangingPiece
foundation
Rating 1017
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1029
crushingintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1029
advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
foundation
Rating 1033
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1042
intermezzokingsideAttackmate
foundation
Rating 1046
crushingintermezzoopening
foundation
Rating 1065
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1080
crushinghangingPieceintermezzo
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