Check the busker

The busking scene in Perth has never been particularly great. Sure there is the occasional highlight like Trent Humphrey, the Opera-Singer and the Sword-Swallower, who drives around in a hearse, but against that we have a plethora of lame jugglers, the Michael Jackson Break-Dancer and the Disabled Guy, who over the last ten years has managed to improve - while he still can't hold a tune he can at least reach some of the notes now. Occasionally.

Now we have a new busker. The Jamaican speed chess champion. Yes, speed chess is now considered to be a busking activity. For a small fee you can challenge him to a game. And the thing of it is, that he's attracting huge crowds. Sure not as many as the usual performance of the Sword-swallower, who proudly claims to hold the world-record for most swords swallowed, but still a healthy number.

So, if you know your pawn from your rook and are looking for a new playing partner perhaps it is high time for you to pop into YOUR city, as the City of Perth ads proclaim, and challenge the West Indian. Do us proud.