Advancements in rank during January 2021:
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | New Rank |
| Frances | Alexakos | Wakefield | RI | Junior Master |
| Stephen | Basham | Sharon | VT | Junior Master |
| Ginny | Bryant | Riverside | CT | Junior Master |
| Tenney | Cover | Dedham | MA | Junior Master |
| Anna | Crawford | West Hartford | CT | Junior Master |
| Sandra | Dick | Brookline | MA | Junior Master |
| Janet | Duffy | New Canaan | CT | Junior Master |
| Simon | Gill | Darien | CT | Junior Master |
| Marion | Gourley | Lyme | CT | Junior Master |
| Patricia | Grasso | Lexington | MA | Junior Master |
| Stacy | Havens | Hingham | MA | Junior Master |
| Joan | Katz | Newton | MA | Junior Master |
| Gail | Khosla | Greenwich | CT | Junior Master |
| Rocky | Levin | Newton | MA | Junior Master |
| Irene | Levitt | Stow | MA | Junior Master |
| Margaret | Macilvain | Hamden | CT | Junior Master |
| Rachel | Marcus | Avon | CT | Junior Master |
| Wayne | McCormack | Oxford | CT | Junior Master |
| Nancy | Olt | Lexington | MA | Junior Master |
| Susan | Parrish | S Burlington | VT | Junior Master |
| Monica | Pepperman | Simsbury | CT | Junior Master |
| Leslie | Pratch | New Canaan | CT | Junior Master |
| Nancy | Thompson | Adamsville | RI | Junior Master |
| Phyllis | Appel | Ridgefield | CT | Club Master |
| Fran | Bard | Cromwell | CT | Club Master |
| Samuel | Bobrow | Woodbridge | CT | Club Master |
| Carol | Cicma | Saunderstown | RI | Club Master |
| Nancy | Cox | East Granby | CT | Club Master |
| Rose | Cuozzo | Billerica | MA | Club Master |
| Kimberly | Esty | Madison | CT | Club Master |
| Tomoko | Haber | Greenwich | CT | Club Master |
| Sandra | Herliczek | South Dartmouth | MA | Club Master |
| Ellen | Kass | Waban | MA | Club Master |
| Stephanie | Kurzina | Boston | MA | Club Master |
| Charles | Mathis | Keene | NH | Club Master |
| Harry | Meyers | Monroe | CT | Club Master |
| Donna | Ravn | Saco | ME | Club Master |
| Mogens | Ravn | Saco | ME | Club Master |
| Jennifer | Soodek | Westport | CT | Club Master |
| Richard | Spurgin | Worcester | MA | Club Master |
| Margarita | Sullivan | Cambridge | MA | Club Master |
| Thornton | Ash | Carlisle | MA | Sectional Master |
| Deborah | Baker | East Dummerston | VT | Sectional Master |
| Marian | Bauer | Stamford | CT | Sectional Master |
| Lisa | Beede | West Hartford | CT | Sectional Master |
| Susan | Bianco | Dover | MA | Sectional Master |
| Kathleen | Bourquin | Ft Myers Beach | FL | Sectional Master |
| Sally | Breckenridge | Stamford | CT | Sectional Master |
| Barbara | Burian | Fairfield | CT | Sectional Master |
| Robin | Coffin | Wakefield | RI | Sectional Master |
| Cynthia | Comenos | Manchester | MA | Sectional Master |
| Ann | Crocker | Redding | CT | Sectional Master |
| Michael | Davis | East Falmouth | MA | Sectional Master |
| Ronald | Dionne | Shrewsbury | MA | Sectional Master |
| Wida | Dionne | Shrewsbury | MA | Sectional Master |
| Barbara | Dobbin | Ridgefield | CT | Sectional Master |
| Arthur | Epker | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| David | Falwell | Natick | MA | Sectional Master |
| Anne | Fletcher | Medfield | MA | Sectional Master |
| Michael | Frank | Wellesley | MA | Sectional Master |
| Theodore | Fulton | New London | NH | Sectional Master |
| Donna | Gagliardi | Branford | CT | Sectional Master |
| Annmarie | Gagne | Bloomfield | CT | Sectional Master |
| Margaret | Gardner | Chestnut Hill | MA | Sectional Master |
| Sandra | Grant | Sunapee | NH | Sectional Master |
| Maureen | Groccia | Holden | MA | Sectional Master |
| Juanita | Hart | North Attleboro | MA | Sectional Master |
| Catherine | Hemerlein | Little Compton | RI | Sectional Master |
| Mary | Hoffmann | Arlington | MA | Sectional Master |
| Pamela | Holligan | Norwalk | CT | Sectional Master |
| Sharon | Hough | Holden | MA | Sectional Master |
| Lawrence | Houston | Ashby | MA | Sectional Master |
| Alexander | Jesurum | Weston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Deborah | Jesurum | Weston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Robin | Kahn | Newton | MA | Sectional Master |
| Valerie | Kijewski | Stratham | NH | Sectional Master |
| Danielle | Krantz | Stamford | CT | Sectional Master |
| Vinnie | Lamenzo | Sudbury | MA | Sectional Master |
| William | Larsen | Southington | CT | Sectional Master |
| Laurie | Levine | Newton | MA | Sectional Master |
| Grace | Madsen | Chestnut Hill | MA | Sectional Master |
| Ole | Madsen | Chestnut Hill | MA | Sectional Master |
| Robert | McLellan | Madison | CT | Sectional Master |
| Kathy | Meyer | Amherst | MA | Sectional Master |
| Jack | Miller | Wilton | CT | Sectional Master |
| Ginny | Morris | Newtown | CT | Sectional Master |
| Janet | Nelson | Ridgefield | CT | Sectional Master |
| Karen | Nindorf | Brookfield | CT | Sectional Master |
| Raymond | O Brien | Narragansett | RI | Sectional Master |
| Julie | Pellerin | Wilmot | NH | Sectional Master |
| Barbara | Perkins | Bedford | NH | Sectional Master |
| Pamela | Pik | Darien | CT | Sectional Master |
| Deborah | Prince | West Hartford | CT | Sectional Master |
| Sarah | Reading | Sudbury | MA | Sectional Master |
| Jacqueline | Reardon | Essex Junction | VT | Sectional Master |
| Joan | Reid | North Attleboro | MA | Sectional Master |
| Paul | Reid | Hartford | CT | Sectional Master |
| Keith | Richards | Newport | VT | Sectional Master |
| Marvelene | Richards | Newport | VT | Sectional Master |
| Peter | Ripp | Bristol | RI | Sectional Master |
| Jean | Rose | Windham | NH | Sectional Master |
| Cheryl | Ross | Hudson | MA | Sectional Master |
| Judith | Sacknoff | Lexington | MA | Sectional Master |
| Lalit | Savla | Natick | MA | Sectional Master |
| Steve | Scheibel | Holden | MA | Sectional Master |
| Pat | Sharkin | Glen | NH | Sectional Master |
| Leonard | Singer | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Medha | Sinha | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Anne | Smagorinsky | Brighton | MA | Sectional Master |
| Elena | Soboleva | Newton | MA | Sectional Master |
| Richard | Steinberg | Brookline | MA | Sectional Master |
| Elizabeth | Taylor | Chatham | MA | Sectional Master |
| Harry | Wells | Westwood | MA | Sectional Master |
| Beverly | Westheimer | Peterborough | NH | Sectional Master |
| Jane | Wittreich | Belmont | MA | Sectional Master |
| Tania | Zouikin | Boston | MA | Sectional Master |
| Anne | Aoki | Hampton | NH | Regional Master |
| Roberta | Avery | Colchester | CT | Regional Master |
| Michael | Barry | Nashua | NH | Regional Master |
| Alvin | Beal | Pittsfield | MA | Regional Master |
| Carol | Benson | Boston | MA | Regional Master |
| Arlene | Brady | Darien | CT | Regional Master |
| Mindy | Broser | Cos Cob | CT | Regional Master |
| Doris | Carvalho | Westport | MA | Regional Master |
| Anne | Cole | Topsham | ME | Regional Master |
| Carolee | Coleman | Boston | MA | Regional Master |
| Anne | Decker | Plymouth | MA | Regional Master |
| Audrey | Dornier | Greenwich | CT | Regional Master |
| Guilford | Dube | Groton | MA | Regional Master |
| William | Fitts | Farmington | CT | Regional Master |
| Bethany | Forfang | New Canaan | CT | Regional Master |
| Emily | Gordon | Newton | MA | Regional Master |
| Esmond | Harmsworth | Boston | MA | Regional Master |
| Cyndy | Hatcher | Newmarket | NH | Regional Master |
| Janet | Kahn | Danbury | CT | Regional Master |
| Ivor | Kaklins | Watertown | MA | Regional Master |
| Don | Kennedy | Bedford | MA | Regional Master |
| John | Lloyd | Avon | CT | Regional Master |
| Dick | Mazow | Bedford | MA | Regional Master |
| Diana | O Donnell | Fairfield | CT | Regional Master |
| Lindsay | Ormsby | Greenwich | CT | Regional Master |
| Michael | Roman | Northborough | MA | Regional Master |
| Jerry | Smith | Canton | MA | Regional Master |
| Karen | Smith | Wellesley | MA | Regional Master |
| Roberta | Storm | Lebanon | NH | Regional Master |
| Mark | Sullivan | Lexington | MA | Regional Master |
| David | Temple | Medfield | MA | Regional Master |
| Joseph | Twardy | Waltham | MA | Regional Master |
| Mine | Usluel | Lexington | MA | Regional Master |
| George | Waller | Farmington | CT | Regional Master |
| Kathy | Weaver | New Canaan | CT | Regional Master |
| Stan | Winnick | Westport | CT | Regional Master |
| Ronna | Wise | Contoocook | NH | Regional Master |
| Dale | Wisler | Atkinson | NH | Regional Master |
| Marie-Jose | Babouder-Matta | Branford | CT | NABC Master |
| Louise | Banner | Bedford | MA | NABC Master |
| Bruce | Bygate | Duxbury | MA | NABC Master |
| John | Desrochers | Southport | CT | NABC Master |
| Lawrence | Dinkes | Trumbull | CT | NABC Master |
| Ken | Einstein | Sharon | MA | NABC Master |
| Doug | Eitelman | Tolland | CT | NABC Master |
| Harvey | Epstein | Lee | NH | NABC Master |
| Susan | Flint | Watertown | MA | NABC Master |
| John | Frantz | Needham | MA | NABC Master |
| Mark | Gildersleeve | Dartmouth | MA | NABC Master |
| Peggy | Gildersleeve | South Dartmouth | MA | NABC Master |
| Benjamin | Lund | Monmouth | ME | NABC Master |
| Rizwan | Mumtaz | Plainville | CT | NABC Master |
| William | Scott | Medford | MA | NABC Master |
| John | Tully | Needham | MA | NABC Master |
| Howard | Twersky | Easton | CT | NABC Master |
| John | Vinton | Moultonboro | NH | NABC Master |
| Kenneth | Wagner | Marlborough | MA | NABC Master |
| David | Cohen | Newton | MA | Adv NABC Master |
| Dori | Senerchia | Billerica | MA | Adv NABC Master |
| Carol | Cram | Old Greenwich | CT | Life Master |
| Annmarie | Hughes | Manchester | CT | Life Master |
| Samuel | Hunt | Wellesley | MA | Life Master |
| Richard | Jacoby | Stamford | CT | Life Master |
| Julie Riven | Jaye | Boston | MA | Life Master |
| Bruce | Macfarlane | Quincy | MA | Life Master |
| Jian | Song | Bridgewater | MA | Life Master |
| Eric | Xiao | Shrewsbury | MA | Life Master |
| Carol | Cram | Old Greenwich | CT | Bronze Life Master |
| Samuel | Hunt | Wellesley | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Richard | Jacoby | Stamford | CT | Bronze Life Master |
| Julie Riven | Jaye | Boston | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Paul | Kelly | West Newbury | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Bruce | Macfarlane | Quincy | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Randall | Murphy | Branford | CT | Bronze Life Master |
| Marilyn | Ogden | Londonderry | NH | Bronze Life Master |
| Shai | Simonson | Sharon | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| Jian | Song | Bridgewater | MA | Bronze Life Master |
| David | Abraham | Wilton | CT | Silver Life Master |
| Joan | Bergen | Rowayton | CT | Silver Life Master |
| Jacqueline | Eby | Wellesley | MA | Silver Life Master |
| Patti | Fishbach | Stamford | CT | Silver Life Master |
| Ross | Huntington | Hampstead | NH | Silver Life Master |
| Kenneth | Leopold | Avon | CT | Silver Life Master |
| Eva | Muir | Hamden | CT | Silver Life Master |
| Ethan | Wood | Dover | MA | Silver Life Master |
| Murat | Azizoglu | Concord | MA | Ruby Life Master |
| Paul | Durda | Needham | MA | Ruby Life Master |
| Steven | Hudson | Revere | MA | Ruby Life Master |
| David | Aronson | Brookline | MA | Gold Life Master |
| Sol | Hartman | Boston | MA | Gold Life Master |
| Beverly | Higgins | Nashua | NH | Gold Life Master |
| Edward | Hoffer | Marion | MA | Gold Life Master |
| Patricia | Lane | Keene | NH | Gold Life Master |
| Roger | Li | Boston | MA | Gold Life Master |
| Patrick | Salve | Bloomfield | CT | Gold Life Master |
| Andrea | Teacher | Waltham | MA | Gold Life Master |
| William | Watson | Bloomfield | CT | Gold Life Master |