This might be system and hardware specific. Could you please provide more details on your system, in particular the contents of about:gpu page?

It's a Macbook Pro Retina 13" 11,1. But in that second page I found they mention NVidia drivers.

Content of chrome://gpu

Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: Hardware accelerated
Flash: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
Compositing: Hardware accelerated
Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled
Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled
Rasterization: Hardware accelerated on all pages
Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
Video Encode: Hardware accelerated
WebGL: Hardware accelerated
Driver Bug Workarounds
clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
count_all_in_varyings_packing
disable_post_sub_buffers_for_onscreen_surfaces
msaa_is_slow
scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args
Problems Detected
EXT_occlusion_query appears to be buggy with Intel GPUs on Linux
Clear uniforms before first program use on all platforms: 124764, 349137
Applied Workarounds: clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
Mesa drivers in Linux handle varyings without static use incorrectly: 333885
Applied Workarounds: count_all_in_varyings_packing
Disable partial swaps on linux drivers: 339493
Applied Workarounds: disable_post_sub_buffers_for_onscreen_surfaces
Always rewrite vec/mat constructors to be consistent: 398694
Applied Workarounds: scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args
On Intel GPUs MSAA performance is not acceptable for GPU rasterization: 527565
Applied Workarounds: msaa_is_slow
Timer queries crash on Intel GPUs on Linux: 540543, 576991
Native GpuMemoryBuffers have been disabled, either via about:flags or command line.
Disabled Features: native_gpu_memory_buffers
Version Information
Data exported	06/05/2016, 22:36:16
Chrome version	Chrome/52.0.2723.2
Operating system	Linux 4.5.0-1-amd64
Software rendering list version	0
Driver bug list version	8.63
ANGLE commit id	bbd663a2d36e
2D graphics backend	Skia
Command Line Args	--user-data-dir=/home/tony/.config/google-chrome-unstable --window-depth=24 --flag-switches-begin --force-gpu-rasterization --ignore-gpu-blacklist --flag-switches-end
Driver Information
Initialization time	42
In-process GPU	false
Sandboxed	true
GPU0	VENDOR = 0x8086, DEVICE= 0x0a2e
Optimus	false
AMD switchable	false
Driver vendor	Mesa
Driver version	11.1.3
Driver date	
Pixel shader version	1.30
Vertex shader version	1.30
Max. MSAA samples	8
Machine model name	
Machine model version	
GL_VENDOR	Intel Open Source Technology Center
GL_RENDERER	Mesa DRI Intel(R) Haswell
GL_VERSION	3.0 Mesa 11.1.3
GL_EXTENSIONS	GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_AMD_conservative_depth GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend GL_AMD_performance_monitor GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture GL_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_APPLE_object_purgeable GL_APPLE_packed_pixels GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays GL_ARB_blend_func_extended GL_ARB_buffer_storage GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object GL_ARB_clear_texture GL_ARB_clip_control GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage GL_ARB_conditional_render_inverted GL_ARB_conservative_depth GL_ARB_copy_buffer GL_ARB_copy_image GL_ARB_debug_output GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_clamp GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_derivative_control GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location GL_ARB_explicit_uniform_location GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_framebuffer_no_attachments GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GL_ARB_get_program_binary GL_ARB_get_texture_sub_image GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_ARB_instanced_arrays GL_ARB_internalformat_query GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment GL_ARB_map_buffer_range GL_ARB_multi_bind GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_pipeline_statistics_query GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_program_interface_query GL_ARB_provoking_vertex GL_ARB_robustness GL_ARB_sample_shading GL_ARB_sampler_objects GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map GL_ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counters GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding GL_ARB_shader_clock GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store GL_ARB_shader_image_size GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object 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GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra GL_ARB_vertex_array_object GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev GL_ARB_window_pos GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate GL_ATI_draw_buffers GL_ATI_separate_stencil GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 GL_ATI_texture_float GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_copy_texture GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 GL_EXT_draw_instanced GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample_blit_scaled GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_packed_float GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_point_parameters 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GL_INTEL_performance_query GL_KHR_context_flush_control GL_KHR_debug GL_MESA_pack_invert GL_MESA_texture_signed_rgba GL_MESA_window_pos GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_conditional_render GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_primitive_restart GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_barrier GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_read_format GL_S3_s3tc GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
Disabled Extensions	GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_occlusion_query2 GL_ARB_timer_query GL_EXT_timer_query
Window system binding vendor	SGI
Window system binding version	1.4
Window system binding extensions	GLX_ARB_create_context GLX_ARB_create_context_profile GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GLX_ARB_multisample GLX_EXT_create_context_es_profile GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GLX_EXT_import_context GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap GLX_EXT_visual_info GLX_EXT_visual_rating GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer GLX_OML_swap_method GLX_SGI_swap_control GLX_SGIS_multisample GLX_SGIX_fbconfig GLX_SGIX_pbuffer GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group GLX_INTEL_swap_event
Window manager	GNOME Shell
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP	GNOME
GDMSESSION	gnome
Compositing manager	Yes
Direct rendering	Yes
Reset notification strategy	0x8252
GPU process crash count	0
Compositor Information
Tile Update Mode	One-copy
Partial Raster	Enabled
GpuMemoryBuffers Status
ATC	Software only
ATCIA	Software only
DXT1	Software only
DXT5	Software only
ETC1	Software only
R_8	Software only
RGBA_4444	Software only
RGBX_8888	Software only
RGBA_8888	Software only
BGRX_8888	Software only
BGRA_8888	Software only
YUV_420	Software only
YUV_420_BIPLANAR	Software only
UYVY_422	Software only

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This sounds like a performance issue pushing new tiles so not really related to scrolling.

It might be helpful if you attach a trace while scrolling. Details are here: https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/trace-event-profiling-tool but here's the tl;dr

1. Open the page exhibiting the problem
2. Open a new tab and go to chrome://tracing
3. Click the record button
4. Select "Manually select settings" and under "Record Categories" on the left column below select all (leave the right column empty)
5. Hit "Record"
6. Switch back to the page and scroll so that you see the issue. There's a limited buffer size when recording so you may need to stop and start recording if the issue doesn't show up on the first try.
7. Switch back to the tracing tab, end the trace, click "save" and attach it here

(Note: This will capture data about the browser and all open tabs so make sure you don't have anything sensitive/private open).

Sorry about the delay. I discovered a convenient site for triggering the bug at <waterstones.com>, but naturally it gave me a hard time trying to reproduce it for debugging purposes!

I had 2 additional tabs open. One for this page, and one containing a game I'm developing which consists of a full-screen canvas using WebGL, and I had the developer tools open in that tab too. I'm not sure whether the dev tools are significant, but it did seem that having the WebGL tab present in another tab was necessary to reproduce the bug.

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This could be related to smooth scrolling.

Please see https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=615714#c11

Sounds like the same issue to me, I'm going to dup into that one