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So, Lately i find e4 meeting e6 more often than not, and games usually become these positional things that i am not good at.  I need something different.  With the caro, i usually aim for the Rasa-Studier gambit, and i've always thought it could be possible to get into that kind of line in the french, but it never happens and i find myself trying to cling to pawns which can't be good.  Not to mention f7 is covered up in the French.  So, any ideas here?  Some nice non-GM gambits that may leave black wondering what just happened?  Thanks a ton.

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Some gambits you can try against the French are:

The Maroczy-Alekhine 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2

The Alekhine-Chatard 3...Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4

The Reti 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2