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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Rating 1790
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Rating 1790
crushingendgameintermezzo
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Rating 1796
crushingendgameintermezzo
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Rating 1802
crushinghangingPieceintermezzo
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Rating 1803
advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Rating 1805
crushingintermezzomaster
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Rating 1805
attractioncrushingintermezzo
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Rating 1812
advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Rating 1815
crushingendgameintermezzo
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Rating 1819
capturingDefendercrushingendgame
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Rating 1819
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Rating 1821
advantagedeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Rating 1825
crushingendgameintermezzo
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Rating 1826
advantageendgameintermezzo
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Rating 1827
advantageendgameintermezzo
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Rating 1829
advancedPawnadvantageintermezzo
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Rating 1830
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Rating 1833
advantageendgameintermezzo
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Rating 1836
advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Rating 1838
advantagecapturingDefenderintermezzo
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Rating 1842
crushingendgamefork
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Rating 1844
advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
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Rating 1848
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Rating 1851
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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