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[H.G.Muller]

I agree that it is unfortunate that WB protocol identifies players by a color. Especially since in some games the players are red and blue. The Shogi system of sente & gote would be much less confusing.

For purists there is always the possibility to configure away the difference, however. You can pick any color for the pieces (like black for the white pieces, and white for the black pieces), and you can supply a language file (e.g. shoginese.lng) that defines "White" === "Sente" etc. to get the desired texts in the clock and menus (provided you select Shoginese from the Help menu).