...how Indian or Russian names are formed? And how do you adress them properly?


Read this:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1416

Thanks for the article!

I don't know if anyone noticed, but the official website for Wijk aan Zee kept referring to Koneru Humpy as Humpy Koneru...

For some reason in case of a female the birth name is given first and the fathers (or husbands) name second, so Humpy Koneru is right.
With males, the fathers name is ussually given first and fathers second, so it is Viswanathan Anand and not Anand Viswanathan. But his wife is Aruna Anand and not Anand Aruna.

It's very confusing

Yes, it is...

Take a look at this article; it said that she is supposed to be addressed as Humpy or Ms. Humpy...

Yes, because Mrs Koneru is her mother

Although in that other article it says that Aruna Anand should be adressed as Mrs Anand and not Mrs Aruna. Perhaps there is a difference in adressing whether the woman is married or not.

So while still unmarried she is miss Humpy, but when she will get married she will be Mrs husbandsname.

I just spoke with an Indian co-worker about this.

She said that naming is based by caste... some castes use the convention described in the article; some castes use names based on legend and/or religion, while others adhere to a given name and a surname.

This is fascinating -- but still confusing!

Ah yes, the caste sytem. Good thing that people from different castes couldn't mix. Imagine what a mess with the names would that made