Sam Asaka

9.8K subscribers

Providing educational content for players looking to improve their chess. My name is Sam, and I have a peak FIDE rating of 2262. Some of my accomplishments as a player include representing Australia's (Online) Olympiad team in 2021, and finishing =2nd in the 2024 Australian Championships.

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The problem with most calculation training

Sam Asaka · 8.9K views · 1 month ago

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Catalan-style: the "risk-free" way to beat the King's Indian (3 key pawn structures)

Sam Asaka · 3.7K views · 4 months ago

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The Caro-Kann: 32 Ideas You Must Know | Opening Masterclass

Sam Asaka · 20K views · 3 years ago

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the only “secret” in chess improvement you need (U2000)

Sam Asaka · 14K views · 1 year ago

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What an IM taught me about endgames

Sam Asaka · 15K views · 2 years ago

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before you solve another puzzle, watch this video

Sam Asaka · 2.5K views · 6 months ago

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Catalan: 2000s still make this "obvious" mistake in 2025?

Sam Asaka · 3.4K views · 1 year ago

1:17:03

Queen's Gambit Declined: 31 Ideas You Must Know | Opening Masterclass

Sam Asaka · 11K views · 3 years ago

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how to win with "grandpa chess"

Sam Asaka · 3.1K views · 4 months ago

21:02

2000 ELO: how difficult is it?

Sam Asaka · 8.3K views · 1 year ago

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The Catalan: 20 Ideas You Must Know | Opening Masterclass

Sam Asaka · 93K views · 3 years ago

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Should You Switch Openings? (Discussion)

Sam Asaka · 1.3K views · 3 years ago

1:34:12

Modern Defense: 20 Ideas You Must Know | Opening Masterclass

Sam Asaka · 11K views · 2 years ago

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Why your calculation goes nowhere

Sam Asaka · 2.5K views · 3 months ago

1:09:23

Nimzo-indian: how to strategically dominate 1.d4 players

Sam Asaka · 7.3K views · 1 year ago

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improving at OTB vs online chess: 4 differences

Sam Asaka · 2.9K views · 5 months ago

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The dark side of playing the Catalan | Melbourne International Open

Sam Asaka · 1.7K views · 2 years ago

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Catalan: beating 2100s with simple positional chess

Sam Asaka · 8.1K views · 2 years ago

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Play The Queen's Gambit? Watch This.

Sam Asaka · 1.2K views · 3 years ago

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Najdorf Sicilian: 30 Ideas You Must Know | Opening Masterclass

Sam Asaka · 32K views · 3 years ago

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