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Evaluating 111 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the user experience, finding the platform engaging and effective for learning. Many highlight the high quality of the product, including the well-structured lessons, interactive videos, and helpful puzzles. The website's interface is frequently described as fantastic and easy to use, contributing to a smooth learning journey. Reviewers also appreciate the quality of the content and the passionate staff. Some people were dissatisfied with certain aspects, such as the lack of detailed explanations for incorrect answers in multiple-choice questions. A few users also noted that the video player's fullscreen mode occasionally gets stuck and that the practice and quizzes could be improved. Additionally, some customers mentioned concerns about how cookie preferences are handled.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I love how Go Magic motivates you to learn more about go. Not only does it have great lessons with helpful problems throughout, but it has a skill tree broken down to help you build your skills in var... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Go Magic is by far the best site for learning Go I’ve ever used. The explanations are clear, inspiring, and perfectly structured for real progress. Vadim is also extremely fun and engaging, which make... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Go Magic is an accessible and fun platform for taking your game to the next level, whether you're a beginner or more experienced. Courses deliver great instruction in a light-hearted style and... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Go Magic has been a fantastic resource! I love advancing through the skill tree, it’s really well structured and makes tracking progress easy. Their videos are also engaging, interactive and well expl... See more


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Modern online platform to learn the game of Go. Interactive video courses, structured Go puzzles, cozy community, useful articles, tools and resources. Beginner friendly!


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4.8

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TrustScore 5 out of 5

446 reviews

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

For a premium service...

This is not the most direct way to improve at Go. They do relate information as part of a package of comfort and culture, and this package with other parts is generally very well done. I selected one of the hardest courses and stalled in digesting it for lack of Go fix and perhaps having already read the book discussed. On the other end of the spectrum, I have some doubt about the pedagogy for beginners. Emphatically Go Magic should be very welcome to promote the game, but I personally am unlikely to make any sizable purchase or any more of an endorsement in the future, having witnessed the rollout, investment pitch, and seasoned version.

October 25, 2025
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Reply from Go Magic

Thanks for sharing your experience. You mentioned doubts about our pedagogy for beginners—could you tell us what specifically felt unclear or ineffective (structure, pacing, practice)? We take this seriously. We’d love to learn from your perspective and make it better. And maybe earn at least one more star from you. 😉

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good site for learning Go


I really like the website. I have the “Magic” subscription and have been visiting the platform at least briefly every day for over a year. The courses help me a lot. I particularly like Vadim's style. The prices are very high, but if you look for special offers , you can reduce the cost somewhat. Without the special offers, I wouldn't sign up for the highest subscription.

All in all, I highly recommend the website. However, I can't say whether this also applies to stronger players (DAN level and low kyu level).

So why am I giving it 4 stars and not 5? The skill tree is also very important to me. However, it doesn't seem to be being developed any further. The website says "Every day we're creating new quizzes and skills for you," but the number of problems has remained at 4249 for months. Perhaps there have been changes to the very difficult problems that I haven't done yet, but it doesn't look like it. I would like to see new problems for all levels, and it should also be made clear where there are new problems to solve.
And then, for many of the tasks, I would like to see a little more explanation of why a move is incorrect (and not just “that doesn't seem correct”). I know that this is time-consuming and you could ask the community, but I would like to know immediately why something is wrong. Well, that's why 4 stars instead of 5.

Nevertheless, I fully recommend the site.

October 25, 2025
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Reply from Go Magic

Thank you so much for the thoughtful review and for being with us daily for over a year — and for the Magic subscription!

About the Skill Tree: you’re absolutely right to point out the counter hasn’t moved. We’ve been actively updating many existing problems — especially adding clearer explanations for why certain moves are incorrect. These improvements boost quality but don’t change the visible problem counter, which is why it may look static from the outside. We also add new problems to courses.
We do plan to expand the Skill Tree itself. In parallel, we’re also working on another way to bring more Go problems to the platform. We’re excited about this and hope to share it with you and all Go Magicians soon.

Really appreciate your recommendations. We hope that with the upcoming additions and clearer explanations, we can earn that 5th star from you once we roll out more Go problems content. 😉
Thanks again for the support!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Loving Go Magic

Pietro is an amazing person that keeps the Discord server running, the league and also the tournament we had recently. Things didn't turn out very well because of a bug in OGS, but he promptly communicated a fair change in the rewards and fixed both bugs I reported incredibly fast. The website content is awesome too.

October 25, 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Despite initial issues, GoMagic really prioritizes customer satisfaction

I emailed about a refund over a week ago and haven’t heard back nor received a refund. The purchase was accidental because I couldn’t find the spot to input a coupon code.

EDIT: They got back to me and despite some initial confusion, they were extremely helpful and friendly regarding the refund and gave additional compensation for the inconvenience.

October 25, 2025
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Simple explanations

Well the easy explanations and the light environment and the jokes inbetween really kept me hooked.
Plus the puzzles really helped out to understand the topic easily I can say that go magic has helped me improve my game a lot. Happy 6th anniversary go magic , may you continue you service to the Go world.

October 26, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing course

Amazing course. Perfect difficulty progression, and so well explained. At least for a total beginner, I went through so many open courses and books, but nothing compares to this platform. Thank you very much!

September 27, 2025
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Let Vadim be your guide to become a better go player

The best part of GoMagic are the lessons by Vadim Efimenko. These are the main reason for me to take a subscription. I wished my teachers at school were like him!
The other teachers are at most acceptable or just bad. The exercises are okay, but there are enough free sites for them available.

September 28, 2025
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Reply from Go Magic

First off—thank you so much for your kind words about Vadim! We’re really glad his lessons are hitting the mark for you.

We hear you about the other teachers and the exercises. Just to clarify a bit—our exercises are actually designed to work hand-in-hand with Vadim’s (and others’) lessons as part of a structured learning path, so they’re meant to reinforce what you’re learning on our platform, not just stand alone.

Since you’re clearly invested in making the most of your Go journey—was there anything else that kept you from giving us a full 5 stars? We’d genuinely love to know how we can level up for you!

Thanks for your honest feedback—it means a lot.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Concrete examples on how to deal with weak groups

Concrete examples on how to deal with weak groups. Could have been better if more directed exercises were provided.

September 28, 2025
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Reply from Go Magic

Thanks so much for your feedback. We really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts!

About the directed exercises: just so we can improve in the right places—were you thinking of a specific course, or was it across the board? That’ll help us figure out exactly where to add more targeted practice.

And while we’ve got you—was there anything else that kept you from giving us a full 5 stars? We’d love to know what would make your experience even better!

Thanks again! You’re helping us build something great for Go players like you!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I go for GO

Great instructor … lessons with explanations are perfect … great job GO magic for making this great Game accessible to those unfamiliar. I am a chess player and think both game training compliments each other. Learning GO has helped my chess visualization but am quickly realizing the depth and challenge of GO

September 26, 2025

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