user7066: I have played 1.a4, h4, f4 in an engine and it gave me the opening line's name. I mean, how could it be considered a line as it, at least IMO, don't do anything that defines a good opening. (fight for center, develop your pieces etc.) 

user7314: My favorite catastrophe is probably the Blackburne Shilling Gambit, probably because I fell for it once :-S.
[Title "Blackburne Shilling Gambit"]
[fen ""]

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Nd4?!
4.Nxe5 Qg5
5.Nxf7? Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Nf3#

Gotta be good for White, right? Grabbing the f7 pawn AND forking the black queen and rook! While White's rook is easily saved from the Qxg2 threat via Rf1. Heh.

user3757: I would say the value of an opening is conditional on your opponent:

You against a computer with almost perfect play: all openings are bad. You'll lose anyway (unless you are a super GM), but some openings are worse than others.
You with the help of a computer against another computer or player with a computer: some openings lines are bad, some are ok, and some are good. A computer will not forgive your choosing an opening line that leaves you in an inferior position. With most openings you'll end up in draw. And if you want to win you have to choose some anti-computer opening.
You against a human player: to estimate the value of an opening line against a human player you have to evaluate which is their opening repertoire and their playing level relative to yours and which is the type of competition. Against a player with a similar rating, you might try to surprise them with an uncommon opening (that you have studied well) to get them out of book. This strategy can be more useful in rapid and blitz games, since it is more probable the opponent will make an error you can use in your advantage. For example, Carlsen played 1.a4 against Radjabov in the World Blitz Final in 2012 (and won). But with a player with much more experience than you, it might not work anyway.


user4418: If you mean "Is there any first move for white which is catastrophic?" then the answer is "No". There are first moves for white which look bad. Na3, Nh3 and f3 would be my candidates but they are not catastrophic. 
Na3 could be followed up by moves like b3, c4, Nc2, Bb2, for example, to get a playable position. Perhaps not the best use of first move advantage but certainly not catastrophic.
The problem for black when white makes a "bad" first move is to try and steer the opening into one where the "bad" move is really a bad move in the context of that opening or at least irrelevant so that white's first move advantage has gone.
White's contrasting problem is to try and steer the opening towards one where the "bad" move becomes good. For instance, after 1.h4 if white can steer black into fianchettoing his king's bishop and castling kingside then 1.h4 could become a strong threatening move.
If by "opening line" you mean a sequence of moves then, yes, there are catastrophic lines and yes, they do often have names. The most famous is  probably Scholar's Mate:
[FEN ""]
[Event "Scholar's Mate"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6?? 4. Qxf7#

The shortest possible mate and so the most catastrophic is Fool's Mate:
[FEN ""]
[Event "Fool's Mate"]

1. f3 e5 2. g4?? Qh4#


7066: <p>I have played 1.a4, h4, f4 in an engine and it gave me the opening line's name. I mean, how could it be considered a line as it, at least IMO, don't do anything that defines a good opening. (fight for center, develop your pieces etc.) </p>
 7314: <p>My favorite catastrophe is probably the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Game,_Blackburne_Shilling_Gambit" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Blackburne Shilling Gambit</a>, probably because I fell for it once :-S.</p>

<pre><code>[Title "Blackburne Shilling Gambit"]
[fen ""]

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Nd4?!
4.Nxe5 Qg5
5.Nxf7? Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Nf3#
</code></pre>

<p>Gotta be good for White, right? Grabbing the f7 pawn AND forking the black queen and rook! While White's rook is easily saved from the Qxg2 threat via Rf1. Heh.</p>
 3757: <p>I would say the value of an opening is conditional on your opponent:</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>You against a computer with almost perfect play</strong>: all openings are bad. You'll lose anyway (unless you are a super GM), but some openings are worse than others.</li>
<li><strong>You with the help of a computer against another computer or player with a computer</strong>: some openings lines are bad, some are ok, and some are good. A computer will not forgive your choosing an opening line that leaves you in an inferior position. With most openings you'll end up in draw. And if you want to win you have to choose some anti-computer opening.</li>
<li><strong>You against a human player</strong>: to estimate the value of an opening line against a human player you have to evaluate which is their opening repertoire and their playing level relative to yours and which is the type of competition. Against a player with a similar rating, you might try to surprise them with an uncommon opening (that you have studied well) to get them out of book. This strategy can be more useful in rapid and blitz games, since it is more probable the opponent will make an error you can use in your advantage. For example, Carlsen played 1.a4 against Radjabov in the World Blitz Final in 2012 (and won). But with a player with much more experience than you, it might not work anyway.</li>
</ul>
 4418: <p>If you mean "Is there any first move for white which is catastrophic?" then the answer is "No". There are first moves for white which look bad. Na3, Nh3 and f3 would be my candidates but they are not catastrophic. </p>

<p>Na3 could be followed up by moves like b3, c4, Nc2, Bb2, for example, to get a playable position. Perhaps not the best use of first move advantage but certainly not catastrophic.</p>

<p>The problem for black when white makes a "bad" first move is to try and steer the opening into one where the "bad" move is really a bad move in the context of that opening or at least irrelevant so that white's first move advantage has gone.</p>

<p>White's contrasting problem is to try and steer the opening towards one where the "bad" move becomes good. For instance, after 1.h4 if white can steer black into fianchettoing his king's bishop and castling kingside then 1.h4 could become a strong threatening move.</p>

<p>If by "opening line" you mean a sequence of moves then, yes, there are catastrophic lines and yes, they do often have names. The most famous is  probably <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholar%27s_mate" rel="nofollow">Scholar's Mate</a>:</p>

<pre><code>[FEN ""]
[Event "Scholar's Mate"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6?? 4. Qxf7#
</code></pre>

<p>The shortest possible mate and so the most catastrophic is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_mate" rel="nofollow">Fool's Mate</a>:</p>

<pre><code>[FEN ""]
[Event "Fool's Mate"]

1. f3 e5 2. g4?? Qh4#
</code></pre>
