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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 169–192 of 631 matching records

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Puzzle 0Fqn8

Rating 1562 advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0IpSS

Rating 1572 advantageintermezzoopening
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Puzzle 0HoZd

Rating 1577 crushingintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OVuK

Rating 1577 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OVsj

Rating 1578 advantagecapturingDefenderintermezzo
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Puzzle 0Kq6u

Rating 1579 crushingdiscoveredCheckdoubleCheck
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Puzzle 03NZY

Rating 1591 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0KtTo

Rating 1591 crushingintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 06vF7

Rating 1592 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0P68O

Rating 1595 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 02HYo

Rating 1600 crushingintermezzolong
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Puzzle 00bnu

Rating 1602 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NIsX

Rating 1606 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0PBNj

Rating 1608 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 06nTl

Rating 1609 advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0QGBf

Rating 1609 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 07b0J

Rating 1612 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 097Dt

Rating 1613 advantagecapturingDefenderintermezzo
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Puzzle 0IeBk

Rating 1614 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0B4Lr

Rating 1615 advantagediscoveredCheckdoubleCheck
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Puzzle 0B6s8

Rating 1621 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 04972

Rating 1623 advantageintermezzoopening
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Puzzle 0CJdf

Rating 1623 advantageintermezzolong
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Puzzle 05gDD

Rating 1628 crushingendgameintermezzo
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