Worst opening?

I'm wondering what you think is the worst opening. I think it's the botez gambit.

The worst opening for White, as we all know, is the 'True King's gambit', where White sacrifices his King in order to get a strong grip on the squares e4, g4, f5 and h5. 1.f3 e5 2.g4 Qh4#. The same gambit works even better for Black, since his King survives one half move longer, and White loses a tempo: 1.e4 f6 2.d4 g5 3.Qh5#. By the way: What's the Botez gambit?

I was going to say the bongcloud opening, but I agree the botez gambit is worse.

I think the worst Opening is Grobs Attack 1.g4... but it can also be quite tricky in blitz or Rapid games.

That Botez gambit in the Englund gambit, as if it wasn't enough to sac one pawn...

The Latvian gambit.
The only thing good about it is is that if White manages to lose somehow, it lowers his morale a lot.

Another bad opening would be the Damiano Defense which comes up after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 (never touch the f-pawn in the opening) and which makes White win easily.

You *CAN* touch the f-pawn, but not like this

@philodendron68 said in #2:
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When you play the Botez Gambit, you sacrifice your queen. It is named after a well-known chess player, Alexandra Botez.

@pafchess said in #7:
> never touch the f-pawn in the opening

Pfft.

After 1 Nf3, I can touch my f-pawn all I want.