MadMonkey: I don't play the game, but as an idea - can you find any game pieces/images that include both the traditional image with the "move tip" both on the same piece?

I say this since I think it would be easier for Fencer to add another set of game pieces to choose from.

coan.net: Maybe another set of Japanese pieces would be an idea, with both pictures on them

ColonelCrockett: I do agree, just thought it would be a nice feature and save time for us learners

MadMonkey: I don't get to play as many games of Shogi (japanese chess) as I'd like here but let me see if I understand the problem. You're not Japanese. You'd like to play with the traditional kanji pieces but you are stuck playing with the international pieces unless you want to lose alot of games while learning. I had this same problem ... and I didn't need a brainking feature to solve it. At first I simply changed my settings here at brainking to reflect the kanji but after losing a few games from moves that could've been avoided had I used the international symbols I went back to the drawing board. There is a great program out there called "Shogivar". If you can find it and download it (free) you'll be on your way. it uses only the traditional pieces and its playing strength is average. You can play game after game against it until you've learned the kanji pieces. That's what I did and it didn't require any hover=power feature here on brainking to complete.

Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu