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The Sherbrooke Open (about 90 mins. east of Montreal) was won by Martial Larochelle with a perfect 5-0 score - good for $1000. 70 players in 2 sections
Crosstable: http://pages.globetrotter.net/jrboutin/Standings.html
Some games - including the round 3 upsets of Larochelle beating GM Sambuev, and Kraiouchkine beating IM Hébert:
[Event "Sherbrooke 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Black "Hébert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4
d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. h3 Nd7 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O Nb6 11. a3 e6 12.
Na2 Be7 13. Nb4 Qd7 14. Na6 Be4 15. Ng5 Nf5 16. Bf2 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Qe7 18. h4
Nc4 19. Qc1 O-O 20. b3 Nb6 21. a4 bxa4 22. bxa4 Nd7 23. Rb1 c5 24. Qa3 Qd8 25.
Nxc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Bxc2 27. Rbc1 Be4 28. Rfd1 Qc7 29. Qc3 d4 30. Bxd4 Bc6 31.
g4 hxg4 32. Bxg4 Bxa4 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Rd2 Qc6 35. Qg3 Rfd8 36. g6 Qe4 37. Re1
Qg4 38. Qxg4 fxg4 39. Re4 fxg6 40. Rxg4 Kh7 41. Rf2 Rf8 42. Rf6 Rxf6 43. exf6
Be8 44. Be5 a5 45. h5 Rc8 46. Bd6 Rc6 47. hxg6+ Bxg6 48. Ra4 Ra6 49. Rc4 Rc6
50. Rc3 Kg8 51. Rb3 Kf7 52. Be7 e5 53. Kf2 a4 54. Rc3 Ke6 55. Rc4 Kd5 56. Rxa4
Rc8 57. Rg4 Bf7 58. Rg7 Ke6 59. Ke3 Ra8 60. Rg1 Ra3+ 61. Kd2 e4 62. Rc1 Kd5 63.
c6 e3+ 64. Ke1 Ra8 65. c7 Rc8 66. Bd8 Kd4 67. Ra1 Bc4 68. Ra4 Kd3 69. Rxc4 1-0
[Event "Sherbrooke 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Larochelle, Martial"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e3 Be6 9. Qb1 b6
10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxg5 Nf6
16. Bxc4 Ne4 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Bc6 Rd8 19. Bd2 Rh5 20. g4 Rh3 21. d6 Rxd6 22.
Bxe4 Re6 23. O-O Rxe4 24. f3 Re2 25. Bf4 c5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2
Bxc3 29. Rb1 e5 30. Bg3 Kg7 31. g5 Rh8 32. Rb7 Bd4+ 33. Ke2 c4 34. Kd2 Rd8 35.
Kc2 Rd5 36. Rb4 Rc5 37. Be1 Rc6 38. Bc3 Kf8 39. Rb8+ Ke7 40. Bb4+ Ke6 41. Re8+
Kf5 42. Rf8 Rc7 43. Bd2 e4 44. Rd8 Be5 45. fxe4+ Kxe4 46. Re8 Kf5 47. h4 c3 48.
Be1 f6 49. gxf6 Bxf6 50. Rf8 Rc6 51. Bf2 Kg4 52. Bxa7 Ra6 53. Be3 Rxa2+ 54. Kd3
Ra6 55. Rg8 Kf5 56. Rf8 Rd6+ 57. Kc2 Kg4 58. Rg8 Kh5 59. Bf4 Rb6 60. Kd3 Rc6
61. Kc2 Bxh4 62. Be5 g5 63. Bd4 Be1 64. Be3 Rg6 65. Rh8+ Kg4 66. Rh1 Bd2 67.
Rg1+ Kf5 68. Bxd2 cxd2 69. Kxd2 Re6 70. Rf1+ Kg4 71. Rg1+ Kh4 72. Rh1+ Kg4 73.
Rg1+ Kh5 74. Rh1+ Kg6 75. Rg1 Re5 76. Kd3 Kf5 77. Rf1+ Kg4 78. Kd4 Rf5 79. Rg1+
Kf3 80. Rf1+ Kg4 81. Rg1+ Kh3 82. Ke4 Ra5 83. Rh1+ Kg2 84. Rb1 Ra4+ 85. Ke3
Ra3+ 86. Ke2 g4 87. Rb8 g3 88. Rh8 Ra7 89. Re8 Rf7 90. Re6 Kh2 91. Rh6+ Kg1 92.
Rg6 g2 93. Rh6 Re7+ 94. Kd2 Re5 95. Rh7 Kf2 96. Rf7+ Kg3 97. Rg7+ Kf3 98. Kd3
Re3+ 99. Kd2 Re4 0-1
[Event "Sherbrooke 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hébert, Jean"]
[Black "Auger, Bertrand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3
c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. d3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. Nh4 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. g4 Nd4 12. Be3 Nd7 13. f5 e6 14. Qd2 a6 15. Rac1 Rae8
16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Ne5 18. h3 Qb8 19. fxe6 Nxe6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Ng5 22.
Rc3 Qd8 23. Qf2 b5 24. Qg3 a5 25. d4 cxd4 26. Bxd4 f5 27. gxf5 Nef3+ 28. Nxf3
Nxf3+ 29. Rcxf3 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Rxe4 31. fxg6 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Re7 33. Qg4 Bg7 34.
gxh7+ Kh8 35. Be4 Rc7 36. Bd3 Bxb2 37. Qf4 Bg7 38. Bxb5 Qc8 39. Qg4 Qxg4 40.
hxg4 Kxh7 41. Bd3+ Kh6 42. Rf5 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Be5 44. Rh5+ Kg7 45. g5 Rd1 46. Bf5
Rd2+ 47. Kf3 Rh2 48. Rxh2 Bxh2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Sherbrooke 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Black "Larochelle, Martial"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f4 Bb7 9. O-O Be7
10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bc5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. exf6 Bxd4 14. fxg7 Bxe3+ 15. Kh1 Rg8
16. Qf3 Rxg7 17. Bxe6 Qe7 18. Bd5 Nd4 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. Rae1 Bxd5 21. Rxe3+ Be6
22. Rf2 O-O-O 23. a3 Kc7 24. h3 Nf5 25. Re5 Nd6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Rg5 28.
Rh4 h5 29. a4 Rdg8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rd4 Bd5 32. Rdd2 Kc6 33. Rde2 f5 34. Rd2
Be4 35. Rfe2 Rg3 36. Kh2 R3g6 37. c3 Rd6 38. Rxd6+ Kxd6 39. g3 Ke5 40. h4 Rd8
41. Kg1 Rd3 42. Kf2 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Rxc3+ 44. Rxe4+ Kxe4 45. bxc3 Kd3 46. Kf3 Kxc3
47. Kf4 b4 48. Kxf5 b3 49. Kg5 b2 50. Kxh5 b1=Q 51. g4 Qh7+ 52. Kg5 Kd4 53. h5
Ke5 54. Kh4 Qe7+ 0-1
[Event "Sherbrooke 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Masse, Hugues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. a4
Nbd7 12. Nh3 Kh7 13. Nf2 Ne8 14. f4 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. O-O Ndf6
18. Rab1 Nc7 19. Bc2 b5 20. axb5 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. b4 c4 23. Nd1 Bd7 24.
Nc3 Ng4 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Qxd4+ Qf6 27. Qd2 Ra3 28. Rf3 Qf7 29. Re1 Re8 30.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. h3 Qa7+ 32. Kh1 Nf6 33. Kh2 Ra1 34. Re3 Bd7 35. Ne2 Nxd5 36. Rg3
Be6 37. Bxf5 Ra2 38. Bc2 Ra3 39. f5 Ne3 40. Qc1 Bd5 41. Qb2+ c3 42. Qc1 Bxg2
43. Rxe3 Ra1 44. f6 Kg8 45. Rg3+ 1-0
Crosstable: http://pages.globetrotter.net/jrboutin/Standings.html
Some games - including the round 3 upsets of Larochelle beating GM Sambuev, and Kraiouchkine beating IM Hébert:
[Event "Sherbrooke 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Black "Hébert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4
d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. h3 Nd7 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O Nb6 11. a3 e6 12.
Na2 Be7 13. Nb4 Qd7 14. Na6 Be4 15. Ng5 Nf5 16. Bf2 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Qe7 18. h4
Nc4 19. Qc1 O-O 20. b3 Nb6 21. a4 bxa4 22. bxa4 Nd7 23. Rb1 c5 24. Qa3 Qd8 25.
Nxc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Bxc2 27. Rbc1 Be4 28. Rfd1 Qc7 29. Qc3 d4 30. Bxd4 Bc6 31.
g4 hxg4 32. Bxg4 Bxa4 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Rd2 Qc6 35. Qg3 Rfd8 36. g6 Qe4 37. Re1
Qg4 38. Qxg4 fxg4 39. Re4 fxg6 40. Rxg4 Kh7 41. Rf2 Rf8 42. Rf6 Rxf6 43. exf6
Be8 44. Be5 a5 45. h5 Rc8 46. Bd6 Rc6 47. hxg6+ Bxg6 48. Ra4 Ra6 49. Rc4 Rc6
50. Rc3 Kg8 51. Rb3 Kf7 52. Be7 e5 53. Kf2 a4 54. Rc3 Ke6 55. Rc4 Kd5 56. Rxa4
Rc8 57. Rg4 Bf7 58. Rg7 Ke6 59. Ke3 Ra8 60. Rg1 Ra3+ 61. Kd2 e4 62. Rc1 Kd5 63.
c6 e3+ 64. Ke1 Ra8 65. c7 Rc8 66. Bd8 Kd4 67. Ra1 Bc4 68. Ra4 Kd3 69. Rxc4 1-0
[Event "Sherbrooke 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Larochelle, Martial"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e3 Be6 9. Qb1 b6
10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxg5 Nf6
16. Bxc4 Ne4 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Bc6 Rd8 19. Bd2 Rh5 20. g4 Rh3 21. d6 Rxd6 22.
Bxe4 Re6 23. O-O Rxe4 24. f3 Re2 25. Bf4 c5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2
Bxc3 29. Rb1 e5 30. Bg3 Kg7 31. g5 Rh8 32. Rb7 Bd4+ 33. Ke2 c4 34. Kd2 Rd8 35.
Kc2 Rd5 36. Rb4 Rc5 37. Be1 Rc6 38. Bc3 Kf8 39. Rb8+ Ke7 40. Bb4+ Ke6 41. Re8+
Kf5 42. Rf8 Rc7 43. Bd2 e4 44. Rd8 Be5 45. fxe4+ Kxe4 46. Re8 Kf5 47. h4 c3 48.
Be1 f6 49. gxf6 Bxf6 50. Rf8 Rc6 51. Bf2 Kg4 52. Bxa7 Ra6 53. Be3 Rxa2+ 54. Kd3
Ra6 55. Rg8 Kf5 56. Rf8 Rd6+ 57. Kc2 Kg4 58. Rg8 Kh5 59. Bf4 Rb6 60. Kd3 Rc6
61. Kc2 Bxh4 62. Be5 g5 63. Bd4 Be1 64. Be3 Rg6 65. Rh8+ Kg4 66. Rh1 Bd2 67.
Rg1+ Kf5 68. Bxd2 cxd2 69. Kxd2 Re6 70. Rf1+ Kg4 71. Rg1+ Kh4 72. Rh1+ Kg4 73.
Rg1+ Kh5 74. Rh1+ Kg6 75. Rg1 Re5 76. Kd3 Kf5 77. Rf1+ Kg4 78. Kd4 Rf5 79. Rg1+
Kf3 80. Rf1+ Kg4 81. Rg1+ Kh3 82. Ke4 Ra5 83. Rh1+ Kg2 84. Rb1 Ra4+ 85. Ke3
Ra3+ 86. Ke2 g4 87. Rb8 g3 88. Rh8 Ra7 89. Re8 Rf7 90. Re6 Kh2 91. Rh6+ Kg1 92.
Rg6 g2 93. Rh6 Re7+ 94. Kd2 Re5 95. Rh7 Kf2 96. Rf7+ Kg3 97. Rg7+ Kf3 98. Kd3
Re3+ 99. Kd2 Re4 0-1
[Event "Sherbrooke 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hébert, Jean"]
[Black "Auger, Bertrand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3
c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. d3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. Nh4 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. g4 Nd4 12. Be3 Nd7 13. f5 e6 14. Qd2 a6 15. Rac1 Rae8
16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Ne5 18. h3 Qb8 19. fxe6 Nxe6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Ng5 22.
Rc3 Qd8 23. Qf2 b5 24. Qg3 a5 25. d4 cxd4 26. Bxd4 f5 27. gxf5 Nef3+ 28. Nxf3
Nxf3+ 29. Rcxf3 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Rxe4 31. fxg6 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Re7 33. Qg4 Bg7 34.
gxh7+ Kh8 35. Be4 Rc7 36. Bd3 Bxb2 37. Qf4 Bg7 38. Bxb5 Qc8 39. Qg4 Qxg4 40.
hxg4 Kxh7 41. Bd3+ Kh6 42. Rf5 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Be5 44. Rh5+ Kg7 45. g5 Rd1 46. Bf5
Rd2+ 47. Kf3 Rh2 48. Rxh2 Bxh2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Sherbrooke 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Black "Larochelle, Martial"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f4 Bb7 9. O-O Be7
10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bc5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. exf6 Bxd4 14. fxg7 Bxe3+ 15. Kh1 Rg8
16. Qf3 Rxg7 17. Bxe6 Qe7 18. Bd5 Nd4 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. Rae1 Bxd5 21. Rxe3+ Be6
22. Rf2 O-O-O 23. a3 Kc7 24. h3 Nf5 25. Re5 Nd6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Rg5 28.
Rh4 h5 29. a4 Rdg8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rd4 Bd5 32. Rdd2 Kc6 33. Rde2 f5 34. Rd2
Be4 35. Rfe2 Rg3 36. Kh2 R3g6 37. c3 Rd6 38. Rxd6+ Kxd6 39. g3 Ke5 40. h4 Rd8
41. Kg1 Rd3 42. Kf2 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Rxc3+ 44. Rxe4+ Kxe4 45. bxc3 Kd3 46. Kf3 Kxc3
47. Kf4 b4 48. Kxf5 b3 49. Kg5 b2 50. Kxh5 b1=Q 51. g4 Qh7+ 52. Kg5 Kd4 53. h5
Ke5 54. Kh4 Qe7+ 0-1
[Event "Sherbrooke 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Masse, Hugues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. a4
Nbd7 12. Nh3 Kh7 13. Nf2 Ne8 14. f4 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. O-O Ndf6
18. Rab1 Nc7 19. Bc2 b5 20. axb5 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. b4 c4 23. Nd1 Bd7 24.
Nc3 Ng4 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Qxd4+ Qf6 27. Qd2 Ra3 28. Rf3 Qf7 29. Re1 Re8 30.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. h3 Qa7+ 32. Kh1 Nf6 33. Kh2 Ra1 34. Re3 Bd7 35. Ne2 Nxd5 36. Rg3
Be6 37. Bxf5 Ra2 38. Bc2 Ra3 39. f5 Ne3 40. Qc1 Bd5 41. Qb2+ c3 42. Qc1 Bxg2
43. Rxe3 Ra1 44. f6 Kg8 45. Rg3+ 1-0