Does anyone play this against the French Defense?

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Head_Hunter

As white, I have experimented with the following move order against the French Defense:

1. e4    e6
2. d4    d5
3. Nc3  Bb4
4. e5    c5 
5.Qg4?!

I saw a guy play this in an OTB match, and thought it was different and interesting, so I've been trying it out without much study. It works really well for me in fast games, but I even played it in a 3-day-a-move match against a 2400+ player here on Chess.com, which resulted in a draw. Does anyone know the name for this attack?

Here's an example of a quick 3 minute blitz match where I used it:



Head_Hunter

Here's the long game I played here. My opponent's rating was over 2400+ at the start of this match. I did have triple pawns at some point in the match, but I figured that my compensation would be a gain in a tempo or two if Black goes after them. My 34th move was one of the best moves I've ever made in my life!:

gautam_kumar000

well done

Shiraaaaazi

That is, even though I have never seen it before, some kind of Poisoned Pawn Variation. I am working on a book (Wack Chess Openings) that covers insane but playable openings (Traxler Variation). Maybe I will include that.