Advancements in rank during December 2021:
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | New Rank |
| Margaret | Eppstein | Hinesburg | VT | Junior Master |
| John | Friel | Cos Cob | CT | Junior Master |
| Janet | Howard | Middlebury | VT | Junior Master |
| Michal | Igla | Brookline | MA | Junior Master |
| Les | Lakow | Methuen | MA | Junior Master |
| David | Marks | West Hartford | CT | Junior Master |
| Marek | Orzechowski | Weston | MA | Junior Master |
| Brenda | Sirovich | White River Jct | VT | Junior Master |
| Jean | Smith | Brattleboro | VT | Junior Master |
| Elaine | Stein-Cummins | Chestnut Hill | MA | Junior Master |
| Laurie | Thibault | Ashland | MA | Junior Master |
| Jonathan | Berlowitz | Lincoln | MA | Club Master |
| Beverly | Brender | Cromwell | CT | Club Master |
| Judy | Idelkope | Spofford | NH | Club Master |
| Frederick | Jackson | Harwich | MA | Club Master |
| Jerrold | Katz | Boston | MA | Club Master |
| Israel | Koren | Amherst | MA | Club Master |
| Norman | Leferman | Dalton | MA | Club Master |
| Holly | Pastula | Old Greenwich | CT | Club Master |
| Sylvia | Roberts | Londonderry | NH | Club Master |
| Gilbert | Sutcliffe | Brewster | MA | Club Master |
| Mira | Yamaoka | Orleans | MA | Club Master |
| Susan | Kellett | Dorset | VT | Sectional Master |
| Evelina | Kolchinsky | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Catherine | Milton | Wellesley Hills | MA | Sectional Master |
| Sharon | Montero | Darien | CT | Sectional Master |
| Jianqiao | Gu | Lexington | MA | Regional Master |
| Barbara | Foley | Darien | CT | NABC Master |
| Jory | Agate | Cambridge | MA | Adv NABC Master |
| Justine | Robertson | Wilmington | VT | Adv NABC Master |
| Charlotte | Bailey | Needham | MA | Life Master |
| Kenneth | Wagner | Marlborough | MA | Life Master |
| Loretta | Levy | West Hartford | CT | Bronze Life Master |
| Robert | Tellar | West Hartford | CT | Bronze Life Master |
| Kenneth | Wagner | Marlborough | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Tom | Breur | Belmont | MA | Silver Life Master |
| David | Dobrin | Cambridge | MA | Silver Life Master |
| Clauda | Gifford | Westport | MA | Ruby Life Master |
| Lawrence | Stern | Hamden | CT | Ruby Life Master |
| Barbara | Glazerman | Newton | MA | Gold Life Master |
| Judith | Inker | Chestnut Hill | MA | Gold Life Master |
| Gloria | Manna | Johnston | RI | Gold Life Master |
| Felix | Springer | West Hartford | CT | Gold Life Master |
| Robert | Hughes | Manchester | CT | Sapphire Life Master |
| Anand | Lele | Westbourgh | MA | Sapphire Life Master |
| Paul | Bacon | Belchertown | MA | Diamond Life Master |
| Linda | Green | Fairfield | CT | Diamond Life Master |