10 in-between moves rated between 1200 and 1399, averaging 1321. Each position below is from a real game, with the solution given underneath — so you can check yourself immediately rather than guessing whether you were right.
An intermezzo — an in-between move, also called zwischenzug — inserts a more forcing move before making the move that seemed forced. Recapturing immediately is the instinct these puzzles are built to break: check whether a check or a bigger threat comes first.
These are pitched at 1200-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1200 is one that players around 1200 solve about half the time, so if you are getting most of these you should move up a band.
Solving from a page is good for pattern recognition but not for tracking progress. The rated puzzle trainer serves puzzles matched to your own rating and adjusts as you solve, and the Mistake Trainer builds puzzles from positions you actually got wrong in your own games.
Qh6+ Kg8 Rxb8#
Bxf6 Bxf6 Bxh5
Rxf5+ exf5 Qxd4
Rg1+ Kh2 Nxf3#
Rc8+ Kh7 Qxf5+ g6 Qxf7#
Rxf1+ Kxf1 Nxe3+ Kg1 Nxg4
Bxe5+ Kg8 fxe3
Nxf3+ gxf3 Qxd6
Nxc3+ Ke3 Kxe6
Rxc8+ Kxc8 Rxh7
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An intermezzo — an in-between move, also called zwischenzug — inserts a more forcing move before making the move that seemed forced. Recapturing immediately is the instinct these puzzles are built to break: check whether a check or a bigger threat comes first.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1200 is one that players rated around 1200 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1321, so they suit 1200-rated players.
Yes. Every puzzle on this page, including its solution, is free to view with no account. The rated trainer that tracks your progress and serves puzzles matched to your rating is part of Chess Ramp Premium.