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 1082
crushingendgameintermezzo
foundation
Rating 1087
crushingendgameintermezzo
foundation
Rating 1089
advantageendgamefork
foundation
Rating 1096
crushingintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1099
crushingendgamefork
foundation
Rating 1101
crushingendgamehangingPiece
foundation
Rating 1104
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1116
crushingendgameinterference
foundation
Rating 1119
crushingexposedKingintermezzo
foundation
Rating 1130
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1131
advantageendgameintermezzo
foundation
Rating 1134
crushingendgamehangingPiece
foundation
Rating 1153
crushingintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1160
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1160
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1162
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1162
advantagecapturingDefenderintermezzo
foundation
Rating 1180
crushingintermezzoopening
foundation
Rating 1185
advantagecapturingDefenderendgame
foundation
Rating 1187
crushingendgameintermezzo
foundation
Rating 1190
crushinghangingPieceintermezzo
developing
Rating 1211
crushingintermezzomiddlegame
developing
Rating 1215
advantageendgameintermezzo
developing
Rating 1223
intermezzomatemateIn2
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