Advancements in rank during October 2020:
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | New Rank |
| Diane | Arditti | Stamford | CT | Junior Master |
| Doc | Blinder | Brookline | MA | Junior Master |
| Beverly | Brender | Cromwell | CT | Junior Master |
| Margaret | Carkeet | Somerville | MA | Junior Master |
| Jed | Cohen | North Dartmouth | MA | Junior Master |
| Roberta | Cohn | Boston | MA | Junior Master |
| Phoebe | Compton | Brookline | MA | Junior Master |
| Krish | Desai | New Haven | CT | Junior Master |
| John | Downes | Berlin | CT | Junior Master |
| Pamela | Ellsworth | Brookline | MA | Junior Master |
| Laura | Fry | Ridgefield | CT | Junior Master |
| Lynette | Gannon | Branford | CT | Junior Master |
| Maureen | Gordon | Stratford | CT | Junior Master |
| Carol | Hansen | Pawtucket | RI | Junior Master |
| Kathryn | Herold | Concord | MA | Junior Master |
| Lois | Horenstein | Waban | MA | Junior Master |
| David | Koepele | Moretown | VT | Junior Master |
| Kathleen | Koepele | Moretown | VT | Junior Master |
| John | Libera Jr | Granby | MA | Junior Master |
| Richard | Lubin | Boston | MA | Junior Master |
| Edward | McDonough | Warren | VT | Junior Master |
| Naomi | Menikoff | Kennebunk | ME | Junior Master |
| Dorrie | Mitchell | West Hartford | CT | Junior Master |
| Joan | O Brien | Providence | RI | Junior Master |
| Holly | Pastula | Old Greenwich | CT | Junior Master |
| Mary Norcott | Pemberton | Bradford | CT | Junior Master |
| Joseph | Poras | Framingham | MA | Junior Master |
| John | Sheehan | Walpole | MA | Junior Master |
| Paresh | Soni | Mystic | CT | Junior Master |
| Michael | Spencer | Charlton City | MA | Junior Master |
| Lanette | Sweeney | South Hadley | MA | Junior Master |
| David | Swerdloff | Stamford | CT | Junior Master |
| Carlota | Taylor | Little Compton | RI | Junior Master |
| Sam | Thorat | Northborough | MA | Junior Master |
| Pierre | Wicker | Mystic | CT | Junior Master |
| Lenore | Winkler | Lexington | MA | Junior Master |
| Dani | Woods | Madison | CT | Junior Master |
| Kathryn | Bacastow | Wolfeboro | NH | Club Master |
| Andrew | Batchelor | Northampton | MA | Club Master |
| Janice | Bazzani | Andover | CT | Club Master |
| John | Bevan | Alford | MA | Club Master |
| Deborah | Brennan | Darien | CT | Club Master |
| Marjorie | Bruns | Longmeadow | MA | Club Master |
| Brooke | Cote | Charlestown | RI | Club Master |
| Christina | Cramton | Arlington | MA | Club Master |
| Christie | Daukas | Westerly | RI | Club Master |
| Katherine | Eleoff | N Providence | RI | Club Master |
| Lynn | Fairbank | Dedham | MA | Club Master |
| Jane | Freeman | Avon | CT | Club Master |
| Joanne | Gorenstein | Ridgefield | CT | Club Master |
| Martha | Hutchinson | Tiverton | RI | Club Master |
| Robert | Kao | Cambridge | MA | Club Master |
| Arline | Liebelt | New Canaan | CT | Club Master |
| Margaret | Louden | Marblehead | MA | Club Master |
| Deborah | Norley | Ridgefield | CT | Club Master |
| Carla | Pariser | West Hartford | CT | Club Master |
| Jonathan | Prin | Stamford | CT | Club Master |
| Kathryn | Quirk | New Canaan | CT | Club Master |
| Tom | Redburn | Plymouth | MA | Club Master |
| Davis | Robinson | Kennebunkport | ME | Club Master |
| Beverly | Westheimer | Peterborough | NH | Club Master |
| Marilyn | Allen | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Hope | Barkan | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Robert | Blizard | Acton | MA | Sectional Master |
| Jan | Burigo | Westport | CT | Sectional Master |
| Claudia | Carbonari | Glastonbury | CT | Sectional Master |
| Rodney | Carlson | Worcester | MA | Sectional Master |
| Duane | Cowall | Bedford | NH | Sectional Master |
| Elizabeth | Kincannon | Reading | MA | Sectional Master |
| Stephen | Lynch | East Falmouth | MA | Sectional Master |
| Rick | Shane | Avon | CT | Sectional Master |
| Jay | Soodek | Redding | CT | Sectional Master |
| Deborah | St. Pierre | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Peter | Stevens | Wakefield | RI | Sectional Master |
| Kathy | Watson | Storrs | CT | Sectional Master |
| Robert | Watson | Norwalk | CT | Sectional Master |
| Michael | Gardiner | Harrisville | RI | Regional Master |
| Irene | Gentile | Shrewsbury | MA | Regional Master |
| Carol | Foster | Ridgefield | CT | NABC Master |
| Danielle | Granath | Stamford | CT | NABC Master |
| Susan | Martin | Peterborough | NH | NABC Master |
| Katherine | Sears | Somerville | MA | NABC Master |
| Kathryn | Walker | Riverside | CT | NABC Master |
| Barry | Laflam | Southampton | MA | Adv NABC Master |
| Meredith | Colket III | Avon | CT | Life Master |
| Carl | Wikstrom | Exeter | NH | Life Master |
| Meiyan | Duan | Andover | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Brenda | Greene | Darien | CT | Bronze Life Master |
| Phyllis | Hartford | Stamford | CT | Bronze Life Master |
| Barbara | Mindell | West Hartford | CT | Bronze Life Master |
| Patricia | Mongeau | Center Conway | NH | Bronze Life Master |
| James | Osten | Lexington | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Lotika | Paintal | Boston | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Sheila | Ryan | Florence | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Joe | Watts | Grantham | NH | Bronze Life Master |
| James | De Ruosi | Hampton | NH | Silver Life Master |
| Meredith | Dunne | Rowayton | CT | Silver Life Master |
| Michael | Joyce | Simsbury | CT | Silver Life Master |
| Laura | Said | Greenwich | CT | Silver Life Master |
| Barbara | Bauchspies | Portsmouth | RI | Ruby Life Master |
| Harold | Nordstrom | Reading | MA | Ruby Life Master |
| Elizabeth | Paige | Duxbury | MA | Ruby Life Master |
| Trevor | Reeves | Farmington | CT | Ruby Life Master |
| Elizabeth | Wood | Arlington | MA | Ruby Life Master |
| Wilmont | Howard Jr | Haverhill | MA | Gold Life Master |
| Gregory | Klinker | Tiverton | RI | Sapphire Life Master |
| Susan | Seckinger | Wethersfield | CT | Sapphire Life Master |
| Sandra | Nyman | Needham | MA | Diamond Life Master |
| Eric | Schwartz | Arlington | MA | Emerald Life Master |