Answers.Body: <p>Against a white d4-e5 pawn formation, Black wants to play c5 (see e.g. the French opening). In the Caro-Kann, that will cost two moves (c7-c6-c5), while in the Scandinavian, it's only one move since the pawn is still on c7. That's one tempo, and as @Qudit notes in the comments, in the main line Scandinavian White usually <em>wins</em> a tempo by chasing the black queen around. So it's actually a difference of <em>two</em> tempi, which makes a huge difference, as is often the case in (semi-)open games.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I was going to post something similar. White has strong lines after exd5, so it makes no sense to aim for an inferior version of the Caro-Kann.
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Body: <p>As title above, why is the Advance Variation in these recent years considered strong vs the Caro-Kann, especially owing to White's early space advantage in the center, but <strong>not vs the Scandinavian?</strong> In other words, the Advance Variation (especially the so-called Short System, with Nf3, Be2 etc.) is considered a strong way to fight the Caro-Kann. On the other side, after 1.e4 d5, the move 2.e5 is considered weak (or even a mistake) because Black can develop his Bishop to f5, obtaining a "better" version of the Advance French. But isn't the structure with ...Bf5 then very similar to the Advance Caro-Kann (which is considered strong)? </p>
  
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Title: Why is the Advance Variation considered strong vs the Caro-Kann but not vs the Scandinavian?
ThreadText: # Why is the Advance Variation considered strong vs the Caro-Kann but not vs the Scandinavian?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-14)
  
  As title above, why is the Advance Variation in these recent years considered strong vs the Caro-Kann, especially owing to White's early space advantage in the center, but **not vs the Scandinavian?** In other words, the Advance Variation (especially the so-called Short System, with Nf3, Be2 etc.) is considered a strong way to fight the Caro-Kann. On the other side, after 1.e4 d5, the move 2.e5 is considered weak (or even a mistake) because Black can develop his Bishop to f5, obtaining a "better" version of the Advance French. But isn't the structure with ...Bf5 then very similar to the Advance Caro-Kann (which is considered strong)?
  
  **Tags:** opening, caro-kann, 1.e4, scandinavian-defense
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-14. Score: 14
  
  Against a white d4-e5 pawn formation, Black wants to play c5 (see e.g. the French opening). In the Caro-Kann, that will cost two moves (c7-c6-c5), while in the Scandinavian, it's only one move since the pawn is still on c7. That's one tempo, and as @username_2 notes in the comments, in the main line Scandinavian White usually *wins* a tempo by chasing the black queen around. So it's actually a difference of *two* tempi, which makes a huge difference, as is often the case in (semi-)open games.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I was going to post something similar. White has strong lines after exd5, so it makes no sense to aim for an inferior version of the Caro-Kann.  
  
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