Negi became the youngest Grandmaster in India on 1 July 2006 by drawing with Russian Grandmaster Ruslan Sherbakov and finished with six points from nine rounds of the Chelyabinsk Region Superfinal chess tournament in Satka.
Gabar Singh Negi | Parimarjan Negi | Narendra Singh Negi | Darwan Singh Negi | Asha Negi |
It consisted of three main Grandmaster groups and the Honorary group, comprising former A group champions; groups A, B and C were won respectively by Levon Aronian (on tiebreak from Magnus Carlsen, after both finished with 8 points), Sergei Movsesian (9½ points, one point ahead of Nigel Short and Étienne Bacrot) and Fabiano Caruana (10 points, two ahead of Dimitri Reinderman and Parimarjan Negi).