Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time you’ll see a new puzzle, and the previous day’s answer (in invisitext) posted here.
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And now, without further ado, we give you…
TODAY’S PUZZLE:
What beast is fought by the man who shines brightly with Alnilam, Alnitak, and Mintaka?
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER (mouseover to see):
Search for [“1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7”] to find this exact sequence of terms. This is the chess opening known as Catalan. Search [ECO code] to find that it stands for Encyclopedia of Chess Openings. Then, [ECO code for Catalan] find that the Catalan and its variants have ECO codes E01 to E09, but this particular opening is considered the classic, E05.
