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Worst Chess Opening

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Tkay8535

Can be subjective, depending on the criteria used (e.g., statistical performance, position quality, or general consensus). 

robo008
h3 or a3
GabeMiami10

f3 is worse than h3 and a3

fred1259

Bongcloud

borovicka75
This topic already exists somewhere in the forum. Lets get clear if you talking about move 1. or something else. According to stockfish, the worst first move is 1.g4, but i am not extremely confident to face is as black compare to for example f3. 1.a3 is actually not bad, for example 1…e5 2. c4 followed ba e3 and white have an Paulsen sicilian with extra tempo.
ChessMasteryOfficial

One commonly cited poor opening is the "Barnes Opening" (1. f3).

shigshug

I just played this game a couple of minutes ago just to reply to this thread.