IV Activo Internacional Francisco Pulido Paco Pulido 2026
IV Activo Internacional Francisco Pulido Paco Pulido 2026 takes place on December 12, 2026 at Local Sociocultural de Vega de San Mateo, Calle del Agua 30, 35320 Vega de San Mateo, Las Palmas, Spain. The event is a One-day international rapid open and is presented here as a complete tournament page rather than a short listing.
The published competition format uses 9 rounds with 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move under a Swiss system. The rating status is FIDE Rapid rated. Players should use the organizer and Chess-Results as the final references for late changes, starting lists, pairings and results.
This page consolidates playing conditions, registration, organizer contacts, exact venue, schedule where published and practical travel considerations. Recheck the official source before payment and again shortly before departure.
♟️ Event Details
| 🏷️ Event name | IV Activo Internacional Francisco Pulido Paco Pulido 2026 |
| 📅 Dates | December 12, 2026 |
| 🌍 Country | Spain |
| 📍 Venue | Local Sociocultural de Vega de San Mateo, Calle del Agua 30, 35320 Vega de San Mateo, Las Palmas, Spain |
| ♟️ Format | One-day international rapid open |
| 🔢 Rounds | 9 |
| ⏱️ Time control | 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move |
| 🔄 Pairing system | Swiss system |
| ⭐ Rating | FIDE Rapid rated |
| 👥 Organizer | Club de Ajedrez San Mateo |
| 🌐 Official source | https://www.fcanariasajedrez.com/ |
| 🔗 Chess-Results | https://chess-results.com/tnr1419749.aspx?lan=1 |
⏱️ Time Control & Pairings
The tournament uses 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move over 9 rounds. Pairings follow the Swiss system. The published rating status is FIDE Rapid rated.
| ⏱️ Time control | 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move |
| 🔢 Number of rounds | 9 |
| 🔄 System | Swiss system |
| ⭐ Rating | FIDE Rapid rated |
| 🔗 Pairings & results | Chess-Results |
Check Chess-Results before each round for the latest starting list, pairings, standings, tie-break information and results. If the organizer publishes a later timetable or technical rule, that update takes precedence.
📅 Schedule
The published programme divides play between a morning block beginning around 10:00 and an afternoon block beginning around 16:00, with closing planned for the evening. Verify the final round-by-round timetable in the organizer announcement.
Arrive early for attendance control, registration confirmation and finding the playing room. The latest organizer timetable always takes precedence.
📝 Registration
Use Club de Ajedrez San Mateo / Federación Canaria de Ajedrez for final registration instructions and any fee or licence requirements.
| 🌐 Registration / regulations | https://www.fcanariasajedrez.com/ |
| ✉️ Email | clubdeajedrezsanmateo@gmail.com |
| 📞 Phone | +34 683 502 917 |
Before paying, confirm that your entry has been accepted, that you selected the correct section, and that any rating or age condition is satisfied. Keep the organizer confirmation and payment evidence when applicable.
👥 Organizer
| 👥 Organizer | Club de Ajedrez San Mateo |
| 🎯 Tournament Director | José Miguel Sánchez Rivero / Miguel Ángel Mayor Déniz |
| ⚖️ Chief Arbiter | IA José David Rodríguez Falcón |
| ✉️ Email | clubdeajedrezsanmateo@gmail.com |
| 📞 Phone | +34 683 502 917 |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.fcanariasajedrez.com/ |
For questions about eligibility, payment, byes, late arrival, accommodation packages or special conditions, contact the organizer directly. MyChess.Events is the information platform, not the tournament operator.
📍 Venue
Local Sociocultural de Vega de San Mateo, Calle del Agua 30, 35320 Vega de San Mateo, Las Palmas, Spain
Use the full street-level address above for navigation rather than relying only on the city name. Before travel, check whether the organizer has published a specific entrance, floor, playing room, registration desk or access time.
🚆 How to Get There
The venue is Local Sociocultural de Vega de San Mateo, Calle del Agua 30. Vega de San Mateo is inland on Gran Canaria, so arrivals through Gran Canaria Airport need an onward road or bus journey.
- Arrival buffer: allow extra time for local traffic, parking, venue check-in and finding the playing hall.
- Public transport: recheck the actual tournament-day timetable, especially for early rounds, evenings, weekends and holidays.
- Driving: confirm parking availability, access restrictions and any separate venue/hotel parking charge.
- Accommodation: compare travel time to the actual playing venue, not only the city centre. Hotel-based events can be simpler when on-site rooms are available.
🧭 Practical Player Planning
✅ Before You Register
| 📌 Correct event | Match the tournament title, dates and section against the official source before submitting the entry. |
| ⭐ Eligibility | Recheck rating, age, federation, licence and title conditions where they apply. Use the rating list specified by the organizer, not an assumed current rating. |
| 💳 Payment | Confirm the fee, currency, payment deadline and whether the entry becomes valid only after payment is received. |
| 📧 Confirmation | Keep the organizer confirmation and verify that your name appears on the published starting list when one is available. |
| ½ Bye / absence | If you need a bye or expect late arrival, request it before the organizer’s deadline. Do not assume that a missed round is automatically accepted. |
| 🔄 Final recheck | Open the official page again 24–48 hours before travel for venue, timetable, parking and registration-desk changes. |
🎒 Tournament-Day Checklist
- Carry identification and any federation/FIDE information requested by the regulations.
- Have the organizer’s contact details, venue address and registration confirmation available offline on your phone.
- Bring permitted water/snacks and required medication for long sessions; follow venue rules on food and drinks.
- Check your board number and colour from the current pairing list before the round rather than relying on an older screenshot.
- Allow enough time after the final round for prize giving if you may qualify for an award.
Fast-chess timing: rapid and blitz programmes can move quickly with short breaks. Complete check-in early, know where pairings are displayed and avoid planning meals or transport connections that depend on a long gap between rounds.
Island travel: build margin into flight, ferry or inter-island connections. Weather and seasonal schedules can affect the final leg, and a same-day tight connection is risky when attendance control or Round 1 has a fixed start.
🧾 Final Pre-Travel Verification
| 📍 Venue | Save the full street address and check the organizer’s final entrance or room notice. Do not navigate only by city name. |
| 🕒 First round | Confirm the first-round start and any earlier attendance-control or registration-desk deadline. |
| 👤 Starting list | Confirm that your name, federation, rating and section are correct on the latest published list. |
| 💳 Entry status | Verify that payment and registration are complete and that no additional on-site fee is required. |
| ♟️ Section | For multi-section events, reconfirm the exact group and its rating/age limits before travel. |
| 🚆 Transport | Recheck the tournament-day public-transport timetable or parking plan, including the return trip after a long round. |
| 🏨 Stay | Confirm check-in/check-out, breakfast timing and the actual travel time from accommodation to the playing hall. |
| 📱 Offline backup | Keep the venue address, organizer contact and entry confirmation available offline in case mobile data is unavailable. |
🌍 Notes for Visiting Players
International participants should check passport or identity-document requirements, travel insurance and the conditions for carrying medication. If the tournament requires a federation licence or FIDE ID, resolve this before departure rather than at the registration desk.
For multi-day events, compare accommodation cancellation rules with the tournament’s own cancellation policy. For one-day rapid or blitz events, prioritize punctual arrival and a simple return plan because the programme can move quickly and the awards may finish soon after the last round.
Currency conversion values on MyChess.Events are approximate planning figures. Entry fees and prizes are paid under the organizer’s official currency and rules. Always use the organizer’s stated amount when making a payment.
ℹ️ Other Information
- Nine-round Swiss rapid tournament.
- Time control: 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move.
- FIDE Rapid rated.
- The event commemorates Francisco Pulido “Paco Pulido”.
- The event is a one-day international rapid tournament in Vega de San Mateo.
- The exact venue address is included in the geolocation fields instead of using only the municipality name.
Final player check: shortly before the event, reopen the organizer website and Chess-Results. Confirm the final venue, first-round time, registration status, section, time control and any last-minute announcement.
Additional Details
Organizer
♟️ About Club de Ajedrez San Mateo
Club de Ajedrez San Mateo, officially also identified as Club Deportivo de Ajedrez San Mateo, is a chess club based in Vega de San Mateo, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Founded in 1988, the club has developed into a long-standing center for competitive and community chess in the municipality. It operates from permanent premises in the municipal Social Services building on Calle del Agua and participates within the structures of the Federación Insular de Ajedrez de Gran Canaria and Federación Canaria de Ajedrez.
The club combines federated team competition with tournament organization, junior activities, rapid and blitz chess, and events for the wider community. Its first team competes under the C.A. San Mateo Panadería Pulido name, reflecting a long-running partnership with the local company Panadería Pulido. Moreover, the club organizes several established competitions, including the Torneo de Ajedrez Tinamar, the Torneo Internacional Vega de San Mateo, rapid events, neighborhood blitz circuits, and school tournaments.
José Miguel Sánchez Rivero is one of the club’s principal current organizational contacts and regularly serves as Tournament Director. Miguel Ángel Mayor Déniz also plays an important role in tournament organization, and the two jointly direct the club’s major international festival. The club has a particularly active second half of 2026 ahead: the XXXVI Torneo de Ajedrez Tinamar is scheduled for September 10–13, while the expanded IV Festival de Ajedrez Vega de San Mateo will run from December 4–13, 2026.
📜 History and Development
Club de Ajedrez San Mateo was founded in 1988 and has maintained organized chess activity in Vega de San Mateo for almost four decades. During that time, it has established strong links with the municipality, local businesses, and the chess federations of Gran Canaria and the Canary Islands.
Its permanent headquarters occupy the first floor of the Edificio de Servicios Sociales on Calle del Agua. The Federación Insular de Ajedrez de Gran Canaria lists the same premises as the club’s official base. Therefore, the location serves as more than a temporary tournament venue and provides a regular home for club chess in the municipality.
A particularly important relationship has developed with Panadería Pulido, a historic local business. The partnership appears in the name of the club’s federated team, C.A. San Mateo Panadería Pulido, and the company has supported numerous tournaments and chess initiatives.
♜ Team Chess and Competitive Activity
Club de Ajedrez San Mateo participates in the official Gran Canaria team championship. In the 2026 Liga Gran Canaria por Equipos – Categoría Preferente, its leading team competed as C.A. San Mateo Panadería Pulido against clubs including Fundación La Caja, C.A. Guía, Telde Los Llanos, ArucasChess, La Caja Vecindario, CanariasChess, and Sociedad La Montaña.
The club’s involvement in federated competition complements its tournament-organizing activity. Members can represent San Mateo in team matches while also competing individually in FIDE-rated and island events.
In addition, the club supports players of different ages and competitive levels. Its calendar has included school competitions, open tournaments, rapid chess, blitz events, and international classical competitions. Consequently, players can progress from local chess activities into stronger federation events without leaving the club structure.
⚡ Community and Local Chess
The club regularly takes chess beyond its headquarters and into different areas of Vega de San Mateo. One example is the Circuito Blitz Barrios de San Mateo, which stages short-format tournaments in neighborhoods around the municipality.
The fourth circuit in 2025 included competitions in La Lechucilla, Lomo Carbonero, Utiaca, and La Lechuza. These tournaments used a rapid 5 minutes + 3 seconds per move format and were open to players from outside the club as well as local participants.
The organization has also staged school and Christmas events. Some of these activities have incorporated a solidarity component, including tournaments connected with donations for local children. Therefore, Club de Ajedrez San Mateo uses its tournament program both for formal competition and for wider community participation.
🏆 XXXVI Torneo de Ajedrez Tinamar 2026
The Torneo de Ajedrez Tinamar is one of the club’s longest-running competitions. Its 36th edition is scheduled for September 10–13, 2026 in Vega de San Mateo.
Club de Ajedrez San Mateo organizes the tournament at the Local Sociocultural de Vega de San Mateo. The announced classical time control is 60 minutes + 3 seconds per move.
Reaching 36 editions demonstrates the continuity of tournament chess within the municipality. Moreover, the event complements the club’s newer international festival and provides another competitive opportunity during the 2026 season.
🌟 IV Festival de Ajedrez Vega de San Mateo 2026
The club’s principal international project is the IV Festival de Ajedrez Vega de San Mateo, now officially scheduled for December 4–13, 2026. The festival combines classical, blitz, and rapid chess with additional activities in the municipality.
The main IV Torneo Internacional Vega de San Mateo will run from December 5–11. Players will contest nine Swiss-system rounds at 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move. The competition counts for FIDE Standard rating and is valid for international title norms. The organizers have announced a prize fund exceeding €8,000, including a €2,000 first prize.
José Miguel Sánchez Rivero and Miguel Ángel Mayor Déniz serve as Tournament Directors. IA José David Rodríguez Falcón is Chief Arbiter, while NA Ricardo Mesa Cruz serves as Deputy Chief Arbiter.
The festival also includes the I Blitz Nocturno Vega de San Mateo on December 8 and the IV Activo Internacional Francisco Rodríguez Pulido “Paco Pulido” on December 12. The rapid tournament uses nine rounds at 10+5, while the nocturnal blitz adds a shorter FIDE-rated format to the program.
The festival receives institutional support from the Ayuntamiento de Vega de San Mateo, Instituto Insular de Deportes, Gobierno de Canarias, Federación Canaria de Ajedrez, and Federación Insular de Ajedrez de Gran Canaria. In addition, local businesses and organizations contribute to the event.
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