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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 337–360 of 631 matching records

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Puzzle 05FsC

Rating 1975 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 0Lbvz

Rating 1976 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 060Kg

Rating 1978 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0MRfz

Rating 1982 advantageintermezzoopening
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Puzzle 0BbXb

Rating 1983 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0BlI4

Rating 1985 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0RTxc

Rating 1989 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0Ql7G

Rating 1990 advantageintermezzomaster
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Puzzle 02smc

Rating 1992 crushingintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 08c2l

Rating 1992 crushingintermezzolong
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Puzzle 0HEx4

Rating 1993 crushingforkintermezzo
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Puzzle 03jS0

Rating 1997 crushingintermezzolong
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Puzzle 043gg

Rating 1997 crushingintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 08QFG

Rating 1997 advantageattractionendgame
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Puzzle 01Ooi

Rating 2003 advantageintermezzomaster
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Puzzle 0g2vm

Rating 2003 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0GnQA

Rating 2003 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0YbOL

Rating 2003 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0Wvzm

Rating 2007 advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0WQT9

Rating 2012 crushingintermezzoopening
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Puzzle 0Vl9I

Rating 2016 advantageintermezzomaster
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Puzzle 0IbXn

Rating 2018 advantagedeflectionexposedKing
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