Judy Kay-Wolff

THE CODE OF VULNERABILITY

When I first learned the game eons ago, I was given a great “pony” to remember vulnerabilities if there was no score card available (or you were not looking at the boards themselves).   It goes something like this: ONEB/NEBO/EBON/BONE.  (What is this daffy blogger talking about?)

It was called to mind as I was keeping Bobby’s score in the Seniors and did not have a regular duplicate card which gives the vulnerability – so I applied a fifty-year old code when I didn’t know if it was   -50 or –100 or +420 or +620:   Really very simple.

O = NO ONE    N = NORTH/SOUTH   E = EAST/WEST    B = BOTH SIDES

It applies to the first sixteen boards and then keeps repeating itself (17-32)(33-48) and so on.

ONEB ARE BOARDS 1-4; NEBO ARE BOARDS 5-8; EBON ARE BOARDS 9-12 AND BONE ARE 13-16  At first it sounds confusing, but after you get used it, it is a helpful crutch.