What are the similarities and differences in pawn Structure from the Scandinavian and the Caro-Kann? It seems both openings have the Capablanca Pawn Structure with c6 and e6



I'm curious about where the similarities stop and what are the optimal pawn breaks.
The pawn structure in the Caro-Kann Classical Variation and the Scandinavian can be the exact same. The optimal pawn breaks are either pushing the c6 pawn to c5 or pushing the e6 pawn to e5. The differences are in the positions of the pieces, which is why far more people play the Caro-Kann than the Scandinavian. In the Scandinavian, black spends many tempi moving their Queen around, giving white time clamp down on these possible pawn breaks.