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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 49–72 of 631 matching records

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Puzzle 0L0VY

Rating 1234 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0DUDT

Rating 1239 crushingintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0IGyd

Rating 1242 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0Im0f

Rating 1244 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0D3kf

Rating 1245 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 06CUg

Rating 1251 crushinghangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0GQPQ

Rating 1253 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0IJLQ

Rating 1258 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EzQx

Rating 1261 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0HAF4

Rating 1262 advantageendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0IK3U

Rating 1262 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0M6uB

Rating 1262 advantageendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0GnOR

Rating 1273 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0JBf1

Rating 1273 crushinghangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0NgNm

Rating 1285 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 01e5j

Rating 1297 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0N64M

Rating 1297 crushingintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0GH7T

Rating 1298 anastasiaMateendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 05E1t

Rating 1302 advantageintermezzoopening
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Puzzle 08FKT

Rating 1302 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 07pJd

Rating 1321 advantageintermezzoopening
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Puzzle 0BohJ

Rating 1321 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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