India, Aug. 27 -- The Global Chess League's mixed-team format places women players at the heart of every franchise's championship ambitions. Season 4 features a blend of World Champions, Olympiad winners, elite veterans and young stars who could have a decisive impact on the final standings.

Divya Deshmukh enters Season 4 as one of the biggest names in the new generation of Indian women's chess.

The reigning Women's World Cup champion and India's 88th Grandmaster has already won the World Junior Championship and an Olympiad gold medal. Her GCL debut gives her another opportunity to compete on one of the sport's biggest team stages.

Bibisara Assaubayeva has built an extraordinary reputation in rapid and blitz chess.

A three-time Women'...