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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 265–288 of 631 matching records

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Puzzle 08FwF

Rating 1790 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Scj7

Rating 1790 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 04XmB

Rating 1796 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0DK7N

Rating 1802 crushinghangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0Uzqc

Rating 1803 advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 052st

Rating 1805 crushingintermezzomaster
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Puzzle 0CJDv

Rating 1805 attractioncrushingintermezzo
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Puzzle 0MwXt

Rating 1812 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Hxk4

Rating 1815 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 01Tr9

Rating 1819 capturingDefendercrushingendgame
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Puzzle 04X8V

Rating 1819 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0PpPV

Rating 1821 advantagedeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0NJmz

Rating 1825 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0Kmkw

Rating 1826 advantageendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0GxOx

Rating 1827 advantageendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 09K4o

Rating 1829 advancedPawnadvantageintermezzo
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Puzzle 0BGze

Rating 1830 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0V2Nf

Rating 1833 advantageendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0S3oR

Rating 1836 advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 06kDo

Rating 1838 advantagecapturingDefenderintermezzo
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Puzzle 09aKS

Rating 1844 advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 090Tc

Rating 1848 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 09OWZ

Rating 1851 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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