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Intermezzo (in-between move) Chess Puzzles

Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.

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

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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 217–240 of 631 matching records

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Puzzle 0GzQa

Rating 1683 advantageintermezzolong
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Puzzle 04H3Z

Rating 1684 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0J6xV

Rating 1685 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 00Nte

Rating 1689 advantageintermezzolong
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Puzzle 0J3u3

Rating 1689 crushingintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0DmDX

Rating 1693 crushingendgameinterference
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Puzzle 04kh5

Rating 1696 crushingintermezzoopening
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Puzzle 0DwKm

Rating 1698 advantagecapturingDefenderintermezzo
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Puzzle 0QCaI

Rating 1699 advantageendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0MjwT

Rating 1700 endgameequalityhangingPiece
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Puzzle 0B6Lb

Rating 1702 advantageintermezzolong
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Puzzle 09r7o

Rating 1703 advancedPawnadvantageintermezzo
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Puzzle 0G0Ec

Rating 1703 advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Oa0m

Rating 1703 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OQ1Z

Rating 1710 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0KnTY

Rating 1711 advantageendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0RpeC

Rating 1717 advantageintermezzolong
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Puzzle 0RTQJ

Rating 1718 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 04CN2

Rating 1726 advantagediscoveredAttackintermezzo
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Puzzle 0Jcdq

Rating 1731 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0UzCE

Rating 1734 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 086wp

Rating 1735 advantageintermezzolong
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Puzzle 0MeQL

Rating 1735 crushingendgameintermezzo
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