Winning chess series or Logical chess move by move?

Just about to finish reading Pandolfini's ultimate guide to chess and was wondering what I should read second the Winning chess series or Logical chess move by move? Any input would be much appreciated or would there be a better second book to read? (not dan heisman's book though I couldn't find it anywhere for free at least)

Logical Chess:  Move by Move, by Chernev?   It's terrific.  It is such a simple idea and it's just a wonderful help to be hit over the head with the same ideas as you look over the games in the book (and that's all it is - annotated games).   Chernev goes through the fundamental principles of all phases of play, explaining why masters look for certain things and not others, and repeating the ideas and fleshing them out in each game.  It's sort of a stepping stone for someone who really doesn't understand the different strategic motives of a king's pawn versus a queen's pawn game, for instance.

If you feel that you already know that the Queen's Gambit is about opening the c-file and controlling it, and understand that kind of "mechanical" strategic side of chess, then Chernev's book won't offer you much.  At any rate, Logical Chess solidified a lot of ideas in my head that help me to play with more confidence.  When I lose now, it's because I do something real dumb, not because I don't have a plan!   :)

thanks that was really helpful!

Wow - tough call. I read the "Winning Chess" series before (by a long shot) Move by Move.  And I think if I had it to do over again, I'd do the same order.

You can't go wrong either way, but my prejudice is that the concepts illustrated by the first three "Winning Chess" books will make the games in Chernev light up even more.

Then again, maybe the Pandolfini book served that purpose already.  I'm not familiar with that one at all.

... Of course, the nice thing about annotated-game collections is you can pop a few games in between chapters of whatever else you're reading.  :)  (I've never had much luck reading one book at a time. )

thanks

How would you rate Pandolfini's book? Any pros or cons?

What do you mean that you couldn't find it for free?

couldn't find it on the internet like download it or torrent it or anything

How would you rate Pandolfini's book? Any pros or cons? Ummm I would say if you've never read a chess book it's worth a look it helped me and I'm playing alot better though I'm not completely through it but considering the winning chess series is alot more detailed than it's probably worth a better look but there is still a ton of info in Pandolfini's book that will help you it's really easy to understand and help lay down the foundation for learning how to calculate and visulize especially in the opening but if you've already read some books than you might already know most of what's in there. hope that helps

thanks for the help/info