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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 4 out of 5 stars

Convenience and Fun!

It really is useful to have lessons in quick bursts with the busy lifestyle we adults have. It's very convenient and the content is definitely worth it! I am now becoming a religious user and I am definitely fear the moment when I have completed all the courses and content and am hungry for more. All of it is totally awesome!

Edit: Here are my reasons why I did not give 5 stars. I couldn't figure out how to reply to your response.

1. I think there should be more variety of problems. I have hit a wall in difficulty which I aim to pass, but I end up passing the skill by means of remembering the exact problem instead of reading it out as I should be able to for my level. More variety in problems of a specific skill would allow me to actually think/read instead of remembering the move because I had just failed it 2 minutes ago.
2. Sometimes on the skill tree, my progress for a skill/quiz gets reset because of a temporary network interruption, this is frustrating when I am on a skill that is very challenging and i am on a good run.
3. Some of us have very large fingers and i have fat-fingered many answers on a skill which i otherwise would've gotten correct. Perhaps allowing there to be a setting to submit moves similar to correspondence games on OGS? This is mostly for full 19x19 problems.
4. Since it is a web-based app and not a full blown app, I wish I had notifications sent to my phone as reminders for continuing a course or skill (or streak!)

March 5, 2025
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It sounds like you found the lessons convenient and the content valuable, which is great to hear! To improve and earn a 5-star review from you, could you please share what aspects you disliked or thought could be better? Your feedback is very important for us.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

More effective than any college LMS

I am faculty at a college who is considering changing their LMS. As part of that decision we have a workgroup reading and discussing Flower Darby's book "Small Teaching Online" about best practices for asynchronous online learning.

One reason I purchased a Go Magic membership was to experience as a student what made a well-designed LMS work. I have been very pleased with the curriculum and its pedagogy, and have more words than fit here about *WHY* it works so well.

March 5, 2025
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The courses are well-structured

The courses are well-structured. It is evident that they are created by professionals. The accuracy of the graphic component makes learning enjoyable and intuitive. There is nothing as well-organized on the web.

February 4, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I love your platform, but...

I love your platform. It's a very comprehensive, structured and graduated system. Bought a membership for my nephew as well.

My only complaint is that the lessons have started to lock at the end of the quiz. The only thing that seems to work is that I have have to clear my cache each time, which is a bit of a pain.

January 29, 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

in my opinion it's the most useful online resource

after a while that I followed the free resources I decided to buy a Gold subscription, I am very satisfied with how the courses are made, pleasant to follow and divided by degrees they helped me to understand concepts that have always been a mystery to me, I think Go Magic is the most useful resource that I have found on the web. I still gave 4 stars mainly because 5 stars represent perfection and this is a rare thing, in my personal opinion I find the prices very high, the courses are very well done but it would be perfect if they were more accessible, and I hope that sooner or later this can happen, surely this would be compensated by a greater number of users.

December 26, 2024
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Hello Stefano
Thank you so much for your positive review! We're thrilled to hear that you found our courses helpful and enjoyable. However, we noticed that you rated us 4 stars. We’d love to understand if there was something specific that was missing or could be improved. Your feedback is invaluable to us.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent place to learn and practice!

I started using the site back in 2022, for a SILVER gift card that I won at an Go event. I think it was a Tournament or something.
It wasn’t the main prize but it seemed to me that it was. I used it to the end and wanted to renew Gold, using the points that I had accumulated at that time but the system of the Store, had a hatch (you had to keep it pressed... I did not realize) and I thought that did not work and could not apply the discount and I passed the offer. And it did not come ... to 100%.
In Argentina, dollars are not easily accessible for exchange value and taxes.
Well time passed ... And there was the anxiety to make me Premium.
I really like the skill tree, that I’ve even been using it quite a bit ... for free!
Thank you for that! And I said to myself once ... I will come. And now it was that moment!
Vadim’s videos seem very clear to me, although I have difficulties with the language, since I’m not English. This is written with translator. And YouTube helps me with audio translation.
I love the quizzes of the lessons.
I wanted to watch Alexander’s videos for a while.
With the end of year offer and some points I had accumulated... And I already knew how to do with the little button of the store... I arrived! ... and now, I’m in a state of shock!
I want to see ALL the courses!!! ... And I’ve been hooked with other courses and at the end, I haven’t seen the ones from Dinerstein yet, but I’ll see them soon.
I also like the cat-catching game. And the articles.
I love the puppy of Vadim, it’s beautiful that Golden.
And there’s a cat too? Go players, we like cats a lot too.
Very nice all you guys!
Thank you for sharing!

January 2, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

good quality videos

good quality videos. understandable and well defined lessons. i am beginner, helps ne a lot and opened me after some days many doors to the game. can really recommand it.

December 28, 2024
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

For me

For me, the best part is the podcast arranged with follow-on quizzes as well as the skill exercises. The quizzes and skill exercises really pointed out what I needed to improve to advance.

December 5, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent tools to learn

Excellent tools to learn, practice, and gain experience. The site is well organized and connected to Discord and online games to give 360 degree support for my development. Love that I can progress at my own pace and review lessons to further my skills.

December 3, 2024

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