Yes, the animations don't fully work for me either.
The only animations I have are the square highlighting, and also a small jolt of lightning as the pieces move.
I see from Hikaru's stream that the animation should be more complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBbjl6qJukU
I would be very grateful if there is a fix - the animation is sick.
I tried using "Arcade" animation type, and it did not work.
I started a game against the computer, in which the animations worked partially (only when I clicked the destination and did not drag my piece, and there were no check, capture or checkmate animation). I then played a game in live chess (which I read that will show the animation properly, but instead there was no animation at all. I tried several combinations of boards, pieces and changing the animation types back and forth, but nothing seems to fix it.
what can I do?