Advancements in rank during May 2020:
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | New Rank |
| Kathryn | Bacastow | Wolfeboro | NH | Junior Master |
| Pat | Barron | Concord | MA | Junior Master |
| Andrew | Batchelor | Northampton | MA | Junior Master |
| Elaine | Birkholz | Westborough | MA | Junior Master |
| Virgilia | Bryant | Falmouth | ME | Junior Master |
| Stephen | Doherty | Maynard | MA | Junior Master |
| Lucinda | Doran | Chestnut Hill | MA | Junior Master |
| Jan | Dubose | Richmond | VT | Junior Master |
| Martha | Dumont | Falmouth | ME | Junior Master |
| Chris | DuBose | Richmond | VT | Junior Master |
| Joanne | Gorenstein | Ridgefield | CT | Junior Master |
| Susan | Hicks | Dedham | MA | Junior Master |
| Susan | Hunt | Medfield | MA | Junior Master |
| Sarah | Jones | Westwood | MA | Junior Master |
| Karen | Kanter | Stow | MA | Junior Master |
| Ellen | Kass | Waban | MA | Junior Master |
| Sarah | Kessel | Bedford | MA | Junior Master |
| Leigh | Kosnik | Darien | CT | Junior Master |
| Mark | Krystal | Westport | CT | Junior Master |
| Anne | McCormack | Newton | MA | Junior Master |
| Brenda | Menker | Monterey | MA | Junior Master |
| Susan | Osten | Lexington | MA | Junior Master |
| Carla | Pariser | West Hartford | CT | Junior Master |
| Corinne | Schuller | Ridgefield | CT | Junior Master |
| Premila | Shah | Norwalk | CT | Junior Master |
| Cary | Slocum | Belfast | ME | Junior Master |
| Margery | Weinbaum | New Britain | CT | Junior Master |
| Milton | Weinstein | Grantham | NH | Junior Master |
| Elizabeth | Whittaker | Brattleboro | VT | Junior Master |
| Robert | Yood | Worcester | MA | Junior Master |
| Mary Ann | Abodeely | Shrewsbury | MA | Club Master |
| Lisa | Beede | West Hartford | CT | Club Master |
| Gail | Blizard | Acton | MA | Club Master |
| Robert | Blizard | Acton | MA | Club Master |
| Claudia | Carbonari | Glastonbury | CT | Club Master |
| Ronald | Clardy | Hampton | NH | Club Master |
| Patricia | Dhar | Greenwich | CT | Club Master |
| Donald | Disque | West Hartford | CT | Club Master |
| Betsy | Engvall | Boylston | MA | Club Master |
| Susan | Foxworth | New Canaan | CT | Club Master |
| Warren | Foxworth | New Canaan | CT | Club Master |
| Dean | Godown | Stamford | CT | Club Master |
| Darcy | Hamlin | Nashua | NH | Club Master |
| Gerald | Kersus | Jefferson | MA | Club Master |
| Bernie | Kramberg | Avon | CT | Club Master |
| Vinnie | Lamenzo | Sudbury | MA | Club Master |
| Gisela | Lee | Madison | CT | Club Master |
| Ellen | Libert | Sherborn | MA | Club Master |
| Thomas | Lozen | S Burlington | VT | Club Master |
| Sarah | Maclennan | Florida | MA | Club Master |
| Amy | Magnus | Ashland | MA | Club Master |
| Joanne | Marr | Riverside | CT | Club Master |
| Nancy | Marttila | Boston | MA | Club Master |
| Jean | McDonnell | Dover | MA | Club Master |
| Vanda | McGlade Baker | Darien | CT | Club Master |
| Barbara | Perkins | Bedford | NH | Club Master |
| Gerald | Perlmutter | Needham | MA | Club Master |
| Regina | Pitaro | Greenwich | CT | Club Master |
| Donna | Powell | Williston | VT | Club Master |
| Peter | Ripp | Bristol | RI | Club Master |
| Cynthia | Rohde | Greenwich | CT | Club Master |
| Ashley | Rooney | Lexington | MA | Club Master |
| Karen | Rumsey | Sandy Hook | CT | Club Master |
| Bonnie | Slyn | Easton | CT | Club Master |
| Anne | Smagorinsky | Brighton | MA | Club Master |
| Jay | Soodek | Redding | CT | Club Master |
| Jill | Spiro | Newfane | VT | Club Master |
| Mark | Sullivan | Lexington | MA | Club Master |
| Myra | Taylor Hart | Rockland | ME | Club Master |
| David | Thomas | West Hartford | CT | Club Master |
| Peter | Thurrell | East Dummerston | VT | Club Master |
| William | Wieners | Yarmouth Port | MA | Club Master |
| Jeff | Xiao | Shrewsbury | MA | Club Master |
| John | Yavis Jr | Manchester | CT | Club Master |
| Paul | Arsenault | Manchester | NH | Sectional Master |
| Sandra | Barnes | Newport | RI | Sectional Master |
| Patricia | Barnett | Manchester Ctr | VT | Sectional Master |
| Carol | Benson | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Benjamin | Bishop | S Glastonbury | CT | Sectional Master |
| Marjorie | Bisognano | North Reading | MA | Sectional Master |
| Beverly | Blatz | Sudbury | MA | Sectional Master |
| Meryl | Bralower | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| George | Brooks | Stamford | CT | Sectional Master |
| Craig | Caldwell | Providence | RI | Sectional Master |
| Jay | Chase | Southbury | CT | Sectional Master |
| Patricia | Clancy | Waltham | MA | Sectional Master |
| Gatewood | Colvin | Cambridge | MA | Sectional Master |
| Eileen | Connors | Brookline | MA | Sectional Master |
| Kathryn | Conway | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Elaine | Dresser | Bethel | ME | Sectional Master |
| Guilford | Dube | Groton | MA | Sectional Master |
| John | Fitzpatrick | Warwick | RI | Sectional Master |
| Ann | Garzone | Sherborn | MA | Sectional Master |
| Mark | Gildersleeve | Dartmouth | MA | Sectional Master |
| Peggy | Gildersleeve | South Dartmouth | MA | Sectional Master |
| Joanne | Gill | Derry | NH | Sectional Master |
| Nancy | Greene | Sunset | ME | Sectional Master |
| Margaret | Greer | Wellesley | MA | Sectional Master |
| Nancy | Hebard | Westwood | MA | Sectional Master |
| Sheila | Hill | Manchester | MA | Sectional Master |
| David | Hirshberg | Quechee | VT | Sectional Master |
| Lee | Hubbard | Woodbury | CT | Sectional Master |
| Sharon | Kay | Orange | CT | Sectional Master |
| Peter | Kingsley | Peterborough | NH | Sectional Master |
| Robert | Kvaal | Lexington | MA | Sectional Master |
| Judith | Leary | Nashua | NH | Sectional Master |
| Linda | Lebovitz | Bethel | CT | Sectional Master |
| Roni | Lee | North Hero | VT | Sectional Master |
| Steven | Levine | Worcester | MA | Sectional Master |
| Cheryl | Lipson | Woodbridge | CT | Sectional Master |
| Vivian | Malloy | Providence | RI | Sectional Master |
| Sandra | Massey | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Deborah | Masterson | Cambridge | MA | Sectional Master |
| Joan | McGuire | Acton | MA | Sectional Master |
| Virginia | Munkelwitz | Burlington | VT | Sectional Master |
| Ulla | Norris | Ellsworth | ME | Sectional Master |
| Eve | Opland | Newton | MA | Sectional Master |
| Paul | Orourke | Norfolk | MA | Sectional Master |
| Martha | Pennell | Exeter | NH | Sectional Master |
| May | Persson | Wellesley | MA | Sectional Master |
| Ann | Peterson | Saco | ME | Sectional Master |
| Cheryl | Pond | Burlington | MA | Sectional Master |
| Diane | Rand | Sandy Hook | CT | Sectional Master |
| Bradley | Roscoe | W Chesterfield | NH | Sectional Master |
| Jacqueline | Roy | South Dartmouth | MA | Sectional Master |
| William | Rusch | Middletown | RI | Sectional Master |
| June | Salminen | Worcester | MA | Sectional Master |
| Ruth | Scheer | Brookline | MA | Sectional Master |
| Robert | Schenker | Centerville | MA | Sectional Master |
| Suzanne | Schmitz | Grantham | NH | Sectional Master |
| Heather | Schneeberger | Hyannis Port | MA | Sectional Master |
| Philip | Shapiro | Newington | CT | Sectional Master |
| Lori | Shore | Glastonbury | CT | Sectional Master |
| Marsha | Siviski | Belfast | ME | Sectional Master |
| Nancy | Stern | Torrington | CT | Sectional Master |
| Linda | Thomas | Wellesley | MA | Sectional Master |
| Mine | Usluel | Lexington | MA | Sectional Master |
| Sam | Wardwell | Wellesley Hills | MA | Sectional Master |
| Cynthia | Yowan | Danen | CT | Sectional Master |
| Sally | Zigmond | Amherst | MA | Sectional Master |
| Tom | Archambault | West Hartford | CT | Regional Master |
| Henry | Banach | Trumbull | CT | Regional Master |
| Virginia | Bertram | Newtown | CT | Regional Master |
| R Kelley | Bonn | West Hartford | CT | Regional Master |
| Deborah | Burwick | Boston | MA | Regional Master |
| John | Castonguay | Pittsfield | MA | Regional Master |
| Deborah | Coffrin | Cape Elizabeth | ME | Regional Master |
| Albert | Coffrin III | Cape Elizabeth | ME | Regional Master |
| Beverly | Cohen | Pawtucket | RI | Regional Master |
| Stanley | Cohen | Pawtucket | RI | Regional Master |
| Jill | Dimitrief | Westport | CT | Regional Master |
| John | Dinapoli | Middletown | RI | Regional Master |
| Lawrence | Dinkes | Trumbull | CT | Regional Master |
| Christopher | Donnelly | Belmont | MA | Regional Master |
| Barbara | Doyle | Chestnut Hill | MA | Regional Master |
| Hazel | Dreyer | Wellesley | MA | Regional Master |
| Doug | Eitelman | Tolland | CT | Regional Master |
| Harvey | Epstein | Lee | NH | Regional Master |
| Cynthia | Ervin | Redding | CT | Regional Master |
| Elizabeth | Fallon | Marion | MA | Regional Master |
| John | Frantz | Needham | MA | Regional Master |
| Linda | Gelb | Belmont | MA | Regional Master |
| Susan | Gersh | Weston | CT | Regional Master |
| Nancy | Gilson | Brookline | MA | Regional Master |
| Joan | Greenfield | Jamaica Plain | MA | Regional Master |
| Alice | Higgins | Ellsworth | ME | Regional Master |
| Betsy | Kahan | Wilton | CT | Regional Master |
| Gordon | Labonte | Brentwood | NH | Regional Master |
| John | Lampron | Hampton | NH | Regional Master |
| Robert | Leitch | Amherst | MA | Regional Master |
| Cindy | Lyall | Greenwich | CT | Regional Master |
| Sherry | Marcoux | Essex Junction | VT | Regional Master |
| Mary | McArdle | Wilton | CT | Regional Master |
| Ronald | Moore | Redding Ridge | CT | Regional Master |
| Bill | Parks | North Chatham | MA | Regional Master |
| Ernie | Peabody | West Boylston | MA | Regional Master |
| R Grant | Perkins | Greenwich | CT | Regional Master |
| Alan | Peterfreund | Amherst | MA | Regional Master |
| Beatrice | Phear | West Tisbury | MA | Regional Master |
| Katherine | Quinn | Burlington | MA | Regional Master |
| Nancy | Raphael | Cambridge | MA | Regional Master |
| Alix | Sacknoff | Stockton Spring | ME | Regional Master |
| Marybeth | Schulte | Wellesley | MA | Regional Master |
| Deborah | Swenson | Chatham | MA | Regional Master |
| Jane | Tondorf | Weymouth | MA | Regional Master |
| Antigone | Trivellas | Redding | CT | Regional Master |
| Joanne | Tulimieri | Sudbury | MA | Regional Master |
| John | Tully | Needham | MA | Regional Master |
| Howard | Twersky | Easton | CT | Regional Master |
| Kathryn | Walker | Riverside | CT | Regional Master |
| Philip | Webber | Grantham | NH | Regional Master |
| David | Weiss | Fairfield | CT | Regional Master |
| Marshall | Weiss | Fairfield | CT | Regional Master |
| Weican | Xiao | Lexington | MA | Regional Master |
| Laura | Yentsch | Jamestown | RI | Regional Master |
| Leighton | York Jr | Belmont | MA | Regional Master |
| Carole | Zartman | Cohasset | MA | Regional Master |
| Carolyn | Bitetti | Belmont | MA | NABC Master |
| Richard | Fernie | North Kingstown | RI | NABC Master |
| Wendy | Frieden | Bethany | CT | NABC Master |
| James | Garvey | Hudson | NH | NABC Master |
| Janice | Hobson | Forestdale | MA | NABC Master |
| Julie Riven | Jaye | Boston | MA | NABC Master |
| Jon | Kasdan | Sharon | MA | NABC Master |
| Roger | Ketron | Tyringham | MA | NABC Master |
| Sonia | Kingshott | Greenwich | CT | NABC Master |
| Ingrid | Klove | Redding | CT | NABC Master |
| Connie | Lampert | Wayland | MA | NABC Master |
| Leslie | Malkiewich | Worcester | MA | NABC Master |
| Richard | McClure | Easthampton | MA | NABC Master |
| Sue | Ouellet | Exeter | NH | NABC Master |
| Ola | Rech | Darien | CT | NABC Master |
| Phil | Stashenko | Medfield | MA | NABC Master |
| Carl | Wikstrom | Exeter | NH | NABC Master |
| Eric | Xiao | Shrewsbury | MA | NABC Master |
| John | Yin | Southborough | MA | NABC Master |
| Shen | Duan | Andover | MA | Adv NABC Master |
| Roger | Guerin | Arundel | ME | Adv NABC Master |
| Samuel | Hunt | Wellesley | MA | Adv NABC Master |
| Kishor | Lathi | Greenwich | CT | Adv NABC Master |
| Lin | Li | Woodbridge | CT | Adv NABC Master |
| Jayson | Rhuda | Middleton | MA | Adv NABC Master |
| David | Rosnick | Jamaica Plain | MA | Adv NABC Master |
| Rollin | Shank | Weatogue | CT | Adv NABC Master |
| Fizza | Adamjee | Newton | MA | Life Master |
| Barbara | Blauer | Needham | MA | Life Master |
| Meiyan | Duan | Andover | MA | Life Master |
| Beth | Schweitzer | Newtown | CT | Life Master |
| Joseph | Shulman | Canton | MA | Life Master |
| Ethan | Wood | Dover | MA | Life Master |
| Kathy | Aberizk | Webster | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Elizabeth | Gompels | Cambridge | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Alan | Hudson | Mattapoisett | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Kathleen | Larnard | Stratham | NH | Bronze Life Master |
| Beth | Schweitzer | Newtown | CT | Bronze Life Master |
| Joseph | Shulman | Canton | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Douglas | Wacek | Burlington | VT | Bronze Life Master |
| Fizza | Adamjee | Newton | MA | Silver Life Master |
| Nancy | Hornbeck | Durham | NH | Silver Life Master |
| Gary | Kellman | Stamford | CT | Silver Life Master |
| Marilyn | McGill | North Falmouth | MA | Silver Life Master |
| Venky | Venkataramani | Andover | MA | Silver Life Master |
| Linda | Ahrens | West Yarmouth | MA | Ruby Life Master |
| Ann | Clark | Farmington | CT | Ruby Life Master |
| Lois | DeBlois | Warwick | RI | Ruby Life Master |
| Michael | Feeney | Cambridge | MA | Ruby Life Master |
| Krzysztof | Jarosz | Grantham | NH | Gold Life Master |
| R | Muggia | Andover | MA | Gold Life Master |