diff --git a/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/Board.cs b/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/Board.cs
index 48cf8bdc..1da68626 100644
--- a/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/Board.cs
+++ b/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/Board.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ internal class Board
     public int Player1Count => _cellCounts[Player1];
     public int Player2Count => _cellCounts[Player2];
 
+    internal bool IsEmptyAt(Coordinates coordinates) => (this[coordinates] & PieceMask) == Empty;
+
     public string? Result => 
         (Player1Count, Player2Count) switch
         {
@@ -43,6 +45,12 @@ internal class Board
             _ => null
         };
 
+    internal void ClearCell(Coordinates coordinates) => this[coordinates] = Empty;
+
+    internal void AddPlayer1Piece(Coordinates coordinates) => this[coordinates] = Player1;
+
+    internal void AddPlayer2Piece(Coordinates coordinates) => this[coordinates] = Player2;
+
     public void CalculateNextGeneration()
     {
         _cellCounts[Empty] = _cellCounts[Player1] = _cellCounts[Player2] = 0;
@@ -63,9 +71,11 @@ internal class Board
                 _cellCounts[newValue]++;
             }
         }
+
+        CountNeighbours();
     }
 
-    public void CalculateNeighbours()
+    private void CountNeighbours()
     {
         for (var x = 1; x <= 5; x++)
         {
@@ -97,7 +107,7 @@ internal class Board
     }
 
     private string GetDisplay(int x, int y) =>
-        (x, y, this[x, y]) switch
+        (x, y, this[x, y] & PieceMask) switch
         {
             (0 or 6, _, _) => $" {y % 6} ",
             (_, 0 or 6, _) => $" {x % 6} ",
diff --git a/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/Game.cs b/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/Game.cs
index 0b2704bf..e8fb05aa 100644
--- a/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/Game.cs
+++ b/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/Game.cs
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 internal class Game
 {
     private readonly IReadWrite _io;
+    private readonly Board _board;
 
     public Game(IReadWrite io)
     {
         _io = io;
+        _board = new Board();
     }
 
     public void Play()
     {
         _io.Write(Streams.Title);
 
-        var _board = new Board();
-
         for (var _player = 1; _player <= 2; _player++)
         {
             var P1 = _player == 2 ? 0x30 : 0x03;
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@ internal class Game
         _board.CalculateNextGeneration();
         _board.Display(_io);
 
-        while (true)
+        while(true)
         {
-            _io.WriteLine();
-            _board.CalculateNeighbours();
             _board.CalculateNextGeneration();
+            _io.WriteLine();
             _board.Display(_io);
 
             if (_board.Result is not null) { break; }
@@ -42,15 +41,15 @@ internal class Game
             {
                 _io.Write(Streams.SameCoords);
                 // This is a bug existing in the original code. The line should be _board[_coordinates[_player]] = 0;
-                _board[player1Coordinate + 1] = 0;
+                _board.ClearCell(player1Coordinate + 1);
             }
             else
             {
-                _board[player1Coordinate] = 0x0100;
-                _board[player2Coordinate] = 0x1000;
+                _board.AddPlayer1Piece(player1Coordinate);
+                _board.AddPlayer2Piece(player2Coordinate);
             }
         }
 
         _io.WriteLine(_board.Result);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/IOExtensions.cs b/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/IOExtensions.cs
index 7d8bfc62..d7db9bf4 100644
--- a/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/IOExtensions.cs
+++ b/56_Life_for_Two/csharp/IOExtensions.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ internal static class IOExtensions
         {
             io.WriteLine("X,Y");
             var values = io.Read2Numbers("&&&&&&\r");
-            if (Coordinates.TryCreate(values, out var coordinates) && board[coordinates] == 0)
+            if (Coordinates.TryCreate(values, out var coordinates) && board.IsEmptyAt(coordinates))
             {
                 return coordinates;
             }