The incredibles Ibexes are climing a Dam

Masterpiece of Animals
Alpine Ibex are inhabiting the highest peaks of the Alps in Europe. These mountain goats climbing this vertical dam wall without any fear of fall. The silhouette of their horns standing out against the sky became an unmistakable symbol. Ibex are herbivores and spend most of the time in pastureland eating grass to gain fat reserves in order to survive the harsh conditions of Alpine winters when they can't find food. 
That's why Ibex climb Dams
The reason why Ibex climb dams is rather easy. They are looking for salt. The Ibex’s herbivorous diet is lacking in salt, especially calcium salts. Farmers provide salt for almost all herbivore livestock but in the wild animals have to find salts by themselves. In spring, the time when salt requirements is highest, it's not rare to observe Ibex “eating” the ground seeking for mineral salts released by rocks and sometimes they are also observed licking the street attracted by anti-frosting salts. Dam walls, composed of stones and concrete, seem to be a precious source of salts for these extraordinary animals that are able to exploit all available resources.

Location
It's the Cingino dam, located in the Gran Paradiso National Park (Italian valley of Aosta).
Film on youtube
The unbelievable images of Ibex climbing dams are now on the internet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG9TMn1FJzc

Masterpiece of Chess
In chess there are many masterpieces similar like the different animals in the nature. Such a masterpiece comes from Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson. C. Watson (22 October 1878 – 5 March 1961) was an Australian national chess champion. He was born in Buninyong, and started playing chess at the age of 10 with his father at the Ballarat Chess Club. He later joined the Melbourne Chess Club, and he won the Melbourne Chess Club championships in 1898, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1914, 1921, 1931 and 1936. He also won the Australian Chess Championship in 1922. In 1923 there was from him an interesting chess problem in the Melbourne Leader published. It is a record with nine possibilities of mat in two moves. The first move for white is Qf2 x Pd4+. The next winning move you have to find on your own. There are nine possibilities. Try to play them all:

The Tournaments with the masterpieces from C. Watson are ready to join:
https://www.chess.com/tournament/masterpiece-of-chess-1
https://www.chess.com/tournament/masterpiece-of-chess-2

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