This is true. Chess punishes you mercilessly for blundering. I've noticed that on the whole, chess games seem to evolve pretty predictably. Obviously this makes

This is true. Chess punishes you mercilessly for blundering. I've noticed that on the whole, chess games seem to evolve pretty predictably. Obviously this makes it difficult to recover a lost strategic advantage as so much of chess play is really just systematically advancing a position while avoiding blunders. On another note, I've never really grokked Go. The rules seem so simple I'm never really sure if I'm playing right. Additionally, It's really difficult for me to evaluate a Go board and see who's winning. On the other hand, I've never invested much effort in understanding Go.