Programming Riddle/Challenge

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jegues

Joined Sep 13, 2010
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I'm trying to figure out the following riddle/challenge to proceed to the next level, and was wondering if anyone on the forum might be able to help me out.

They give the following image,


Along with a hint,

Hint: Favicon

Which refers to the favourite icon in one's browser.

Now when we view the source code of the page we see the following,

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<html>
 
 
    <head>
 
 
 
        <title>Checkmate</title>
 
 
 
        <linkrel='stylesheet' TYPE='text/css' HREF='/2011/style.css' />
 
 
 
        <linkrel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon' href='/2011/qrcodes/36af7945da72824e5e639fa1d1e46244.png' />
 
 
 
        <linkrel='icon' type='image/x-icon' href='/2011/qrcodes/36af7945da72824e5e639fa1d1e46244.png' />
 
 
 
    </head>
 
 
 
    <body>
 
 
 
        <center>
 
 
 
<imgsrc='http://www.skullspace.net/2011/images/36af7945da72824e5e639fa1d1e46244.png'><br><spanstyle='text-color:#ff0000;'>Wrong! hint: favicon</span><br />
 
 
 
<formaction="thementor.php" method="get">
 
 
 
  <inputtype="text" name="move" />
 
 
 
  <inputtype="submit" value="What's next?" />
 
 
 
</form>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      <hr>
 
 
 
      <p>Photo credits (mostly): <ahref='http://www.flickr.com/photos/bkulyk'>Brian Kulyk</a></p>
 
 
 
      <p>Liked this challenge? Check out <ahref='http://www.skullspace.ca'>our hackerspace</a> or follow <ahref='https://twitter.com/skullspacewpg'>@SkullSpaceWpg</a> on Twitter!</p>
 
 
 
        </center>
 
 
 
    </body>
 
 
 
</html>
I have a hunch that this portion of the source code has something to do with the answer, " <linkrel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon' href='/2011/qrcodes/36af7945da72824e5e639fa1d1e46244.png' />
"

Any ideas?

I've figured part of it out. I navigate to the favicon and I scan the barcode and it brings me to this link,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)

Does it want me to insert the remaining moves for a checkmate? Do I have to input a series of moves or simply one? Can anyone spot it?

To me it looks like Be7 would be a checkmate, no?

Nevermind I've solved it.
 

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