The Road to ELO 2000: French Defence: Alekhine Chatard Attack
I love the french defence. However, if there's one line that is particular scary to me, it is the alekheine-chartard attack with 6.h4!. White gets excellent practical attacking chances for the pawn if accepted. I usually don't accept the pawn and try to play it safe with 6..0-0. Recently I have found an interesting gambit line for black which involves an early 7...f6!?, turning the tables back on white and offering him a countergambit instead. Here's an illustrating line...
another continuation could go as follows if white choses not to take the extra pawn...