diff -r b34de5ce7d0e -r c8f2c280cff7 src/game.c
--- a/src/game.c	Wed Aug 29 17:31:36 2018 +0200
+++ b/src/game.c	Tue Sep 18 15:02:08 2018 +0200
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void draw_board(GameState *gamestate, uint8_t perspective) {
+static void draw_board(GameState *gamestate,
+		       uint8_t perspective,
+		       _Bool unicode) {
     char fen[90];
     compute_fen(fen, gamestate);
     mvaddstr(0, 0, fen);
@@ -80,11 +82,18 @@
         for (uint8_t x = 0 ; x < 8 ; x++) {
             uint8_t col = gamestate->board[y][x] & COLOR_MASK;
             uint8_t piece = gamestate->board[y][x] & PIECE_MASK;
-            char piecec;
+            unsigned char piecestr[5];
             if (piece) {
-                piecec = piece == PAWN ? 'P' : getpiecechr(piece);
+                if (unicode) {
+                    unsigned char* uc = getpieceunicode(piece);
+                    strncpy(piecestr, uc, 5);
+                } else {
+                    piecestr[0] = piece == PAWN ? 'P' : getpiecechr(piece);
+                    piecestr[1] = '\0';
+                }
             } else {
-                piecec = ' ';
+                piecestr[0] = ' ';
+                piecestr[1] = '\0';
             }
             
             _Bool boardblack = (y&1)==(x&1);
@@ -97,9 +106,7 @@
             
             int cy = perspective == WHITE ? boardy-y : boardy-7+y;
             int cx = perspective == WHITE ? boardx+x*3 : boardx+21-x*3;
-            mvaddch(cy, cx, ' ');
-            mvaddch(cy, cx+1, piecec);
-            mvaddch(cy, cx+2, ' ');
+            mvprintw(cy, cx, " %s ", piecestr);
         }
     }
     
@@ -460,9 +467,11 @@
     }
 }
 
-static void post_game(GameState *gamestate, GameInfo *gameinfo) {
+static void post_game(Settings* settings, GameState *gamestate) {
+    GameInfo *gameinfo = &(settings->gameinfo);
+
     move(0,0);
-    draw_board(gamestate, WHITE);
+    draw_board(gamestate, WHITE, settings->unicode);
     
     // TODO: network connection is still open here - think about it!
     
@@ -520,13 +529,13 @@
     _Bool running;
     do {
         clear();
-        draw_board(&gamestate, curcol);
+        draw_board(&gamestate, curcol, settings->unicode);
         running = !domove_singlemachine(&gamestate,
             &(settings->gameinfo), curcol);
         curcol = opponent_color(curcol);
     }  while (running);
     
-    post_game(&gamestate, &(settings->gameinfo));
+    post_game(settings, &gamestate);
 }
 
 void game_continue(Settings *settings, int opponent, GameState *gamestate) {
@@ -541,7 +550,7 @@
     _Bool running;
     do {
         clear();
-        draw_board(gamestate, mycolor);
+        draw_board(gamestate, mycolor, settings->unicode);
         if (myturn) {
             running = !sendmove(gamestate, &(settings->gameinfo),
                 opponent, mycolor);
@@ -551,7 +560,7 @@
         myturn ^= TRUE;
     }  while (running);
     
-    post_game(gamestate, &(settings->gameinfo));
+    post_game(settings, gamestate);
 }
 
 void game_start(Settings *settings, int opponent) {