2008 Women's World Chess Championship

Thank you once again, Susan Polgar, for bringing women's chess news to the fore. I read at her website today about a report from Chessbase indicating that the no-news 2008 Women's World Chess Championship which had ostensibly been scheduled to be held in ARGENTINA, starting June 18th and ending July 11th, 2008, has perhaps been taken over by a last minutes offer from Turkey after the successful Ataturk International Women Masters Tournament. Note that according to the official FIDE website as of March 25, 2008 at 10:47 p.m. CST (hint: that's the date and time I'm making this post at present), there has been nothing released from Argentina - not even a proto-website, for what is supposed to be one of the premiere chess events in the world! Well, I confess, darlings, I was not holding my breath that this event would EVAH take place. Kirsan doesn't care about women's chess. And so it is good news indeed from Chessbase, who broke the story, of a potential offer to host the Women's World Chess Championship in Turkey under the auspices of the Turkish Sports Ministry. I do hope there is something to this. Women's chess deserves much better treatment than it has received at the hands of FIDE. Will it ever receive it? Only you, the readers, can make a difference. Visit websites and blogs that talk about and feature articles about women's chess and put up "hits" - hey, darlings, it's a numbers game! Shove the stats down the throats of the male chauvenist oinkers who - well, never mind - I'm all hormonal tonight, hot flashes and all that jazz...