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It really isn't difficult to get used to distinguishing the pieces, three of which in any case have no chess equivalent. Having acclimatised with Xiang Qi it is then easier to learn the pieces for all the shogi variants as well. After all chess symbols themselves have no real meaning, they are just mnemonic pictures.
I'm not sure what "western pieces" look like, but if using western pieces means both sides would be the same I would be all for that. I'm with Dmitri in that I too find it confusing when the pieces for each player look so different to each other.
(sakla) If you want to find an opponent with similar playing skills to your own look in the Ratings page of the type of game you want and find a player with a similar BKR. (pauloaguia) (Bütün ipuçlarını göster)