The Alekhine-Chatard attack against the French Defense. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4!
Openings with 'critical' moves

The Smith-Morra has a few nasty surprises but you can only really hope for equality against someone who's booked up.
Crude, but Black really has to tread carefully in the opening.
Great thread, thank you!
One question about the Riga - if 9. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 10. Kxh2, does black have to take the draw from perpetual check after 10...Qh4+ 11. Kg1 Qf2 12. Kh1/h2 Qh4+, or does he have reasonable chances in playing for the win even after the sacrificed bishop?
@The_Insanity_Defence if white plays Kxh2 black draws (or could play on with Bd7 with two pawns and some attacking chances for the piece, but this is risky), but if 10.Kh1! Qh4 11.Rxe4! dxe4 12.Qd8+ Qxd8 13.Nxd8+ Kxd8 14.Kxh2 he can play on. Most won't find all this OTB and if they try protect against the threats (if you look confident, they might), black will have lots of fun with his attack.
Just analyzed it with Fritz and got these lines:
White is supposed to be slightly better in this position and that's why the variation is rarely played, but I don't see why. Fritz rates it +0.2, perhaps Kramnik will make this his next drawing weapon :P
@brilliantboy: I used to think of the Smith-Morra of just another of those lame unsound gambits where you sac a center pawn for open lines and one tempo, but I've actually found it quite dangerous as black when I tried to proceed as in normal Sicilians and white plays Rd1 and e5. Will look into it.
@Conzipe: I guess you mean to play b4 next to undermine c5? I think that's too slow in regard to development and the center :P
I often play OTB against older people with limited opening preparation and am looking for ways to get a maximum practical advantage out of that by using (sound) sharp openings that my opponent must be familiar with, which they usually aren't.
In these cases I like to play:
Does anyone have other suggestions, especially against the Sicilian?