Which is better opening: Caro-Kann or Scandinavian?

[@fayskelley]

Amazing! Thank you so much for the wonderful video. How fortunate we are to be able to view these most educational materials from GMs!

[@scotttripp2137]

wow wasnt expecting kasparovs daughter

[@tomekduresov706]

Well its not that easy to say, I prefer Scandinavian, but I dont think that it is better than Caro Kann, its easier to learn becouse you basicly have two lines, 3.Nc3, and 3.Nf3 preparing c4 for later, but there is a reason why people play the Sicilian or e4-e5..

[@TheBarnabascolins]

its easier to attack and do forcing moves from the Scandinavian, and you dont need to know as much theory as it is much more flexible imo. The Caro Kann by contrast requires a lot more patience, its passive and if you dont know opening theory well, you can get checkmated ridiculously fast. The scandinavian can be played in any time format easily, the Caro is not easily played in blitz or bullet unless you really put in a lot of study time.

[@AhPhoey]

This is Garry Kasparov's daughter! She sounds really pretty, too.....now back to chess.

[@nicolasskettos]

She's the daughter of Sergey Kasparov, about 2500 ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=13500481

[@AhPhoey]

Oh. Maybe that's how they spell Garry in Armenian.

[@nicolasskettos]

AhPhoey No it's two different players, check the link for his info

[@AhPhoey]

Oh ok.