Answers.Body: <p>I think the answer is the French Defence.</p>
  
  <p>A quote of Carlsen can be found here: <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1do05q/annotated_chess_game_in_french_defence_by_carlsen/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1do05q/annotated_chess_game_in_french_defence_by_carlsen/</a></p>
  
  <p>I copied the quote: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The French Defence. In my younger years I used to consider it at best a second-rate opening, and I once even lost a bet with one of my friends, and as a result had to play 1... e6 in all my games with Black in a Super-GM tournament. Fortunately my friend was greedy, and took money instead. I believe that both 1...c5 and 1...e5! are better choices, but since I desperately wanted to win this game (I was trailing the leaders Kramnik and Shirov by 1 point at this stage) I decided to try something new.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Carlsen wrote this quote in his comments of the game Karjakin-Carlsen, Wijk Aan Zee 2010. See annotations of the game Ivanchuk-Carlsen in following report: 
  <a href="http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/masters-final-r5-leader-ivanchuk-loses-to-carlsen-nakamura-beats-vallejo" rel="nofollow">http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/masters-final-r5-leader-ivanchuk-loses-to-carlsen-nakamura-beats-vallejo</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I remember that a year ago or two, Magnus Carlsen said that one of the response against 1.e4 was bad. I don't remember exactly which of them he was calling bad, but I think it was the French (or the Caro-Kann perhaps)... I'm not saying that I think the French is bad (I actually like it!), I'm just saying that I believe Carlsen said it was bad.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to know which response to 1.e4 he was calling bad. And also I would like to know what was Magnus Carlsen's exact quote.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Do you know the setting for what you recall, e.g. interview, post-game press conference, ...? He played the Caro-Kann in the world championship setting, so he can't think too poorly of that one.
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Comments.Text: @ETD: No sorry I don't remember anything else. I believe I saw the article mentioning it on chess.com. And Carlsen probably said it during a post-game interview but I'm not 100% sure at all...
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Comments.Text: If Carlsen said, that the french defence is bad, it was probably after a game in which he played it himself. Maybe against Caruana in 2012, where he lost a winning position. That is where I would start looking.
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Comments.Text: Well, I don't know about Magnus. I can tell you that after 1. e4 both a5 and h5 are pretty bad, and you can quote me on that :)
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Comments.Text: @andrea 1... f5 should be even worse.
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Comments.Text: The worst move is 1...resigns
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Tags: <opening><carlsen><1.e4>
Title: Which common response against 1.e4 did Magnus Carlsen say is a bad opening? And what was Carlsen's exact quote?
ThreadText: # Which common response against 1.e4 did Magnus Carlsen say is a bad opening? And what was Carlsen's exact quote?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-18)
  
  I remember that a year ago or two, Magnus Carlsen said that one of the response against 1.e4 was bad. I don't remember exactly which of them he was calling bad, but I think it was the French (or the Caro-Kann perhaps)... I'm not saying that I think the French is bad (I actually like it!), I'm just saying that I believe Carlsen said it was bad.
  
  I would like to know which response to 1.e4 he was calling bad. And also I would like to know what was Magnus Carlsen's exact quote.
  
  **Tags:** opening, carlsen, 1.e4
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Do you know the setting for what you recall, e.g. interview, post-game press conference, ...? He played the Caro-Kann in the world championship setting, so he can't think too poorly of that one.  
  > **username_0**: @username_1: No sorry I don't remember anything else. I believe I saw the article mentioning it on chess.com. And Carlsen probably said it during a post-game interview but I'm not 100% sure at all...  
  > **username_2**: If Carlsen said, that the french defence is bad, it was probably after a game in which he played it himself. Maybe against Caruana in 2012, where he lost a winning position. That is where I would start looking.  
  > **username_3**: Well, I don't know about Magnus. I can tell you that after 1. e4 both a5 and h5 are pretty bad, and you can quote me on that :)  
  > **username_4**: @username_3 1... f5 should be even worse.  
  > **username_5**: The worst move is 1...resigns  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2015-06-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  I think the answer is the French Defence.
  
  A quote of Carlsen can be found here: <http://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1do05q/annotated_chess_game_in_french_defence_by_carlsen/>
  
  I copied the quote:
  
  > The French Defence. In my younger years I used to consider it at best a second-rate opening, and I once even lost a bet with one of my friends, and as a result had to play 1... e6 in all my games with Black in a Super-GM tournament. Fortunately my friend was greedy, and took money instead. I believe that both 1...c5 and 1...e5! are better choices, but since I desperately wanted to win this game (I was trailing the leaders Kramnik and Shirov by 1 point at this stage) I decided to try something new.
  
  Carlsen wrote this quote in his comments of the game Karjakin-Carlsen, Wijk Aan Zee 2010. See annotations of the game Ivanchuk-Carlsen in following report:
  <http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/masters-final-r5-leader-ivanchuk-loses-to-carlsen-nakamura-beats-vallejo>
  
  
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