diff --git a/src/gui/boardview.py b/src/gui/boardview.py
--- a/src/gui/boardview.py
+++ b/src/gui/boardview.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class BoardView(ResizableCanvas):
 
 		self.configure(width=360,height=360,background="#ffcc00")
 
-		self._padding=18
+		self._padding=24
 		self._cellWidth=(self._width-2*self._padding)/18
 		self._cellHeight=(self._height-2*self._padding)/18
 
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ class BoardView(ResizableCanvas):
 	def _drawGrid(self):
 		padding=self._padding
 		for i in range(19):
-			self.create_line(padding,18*i+padding,self._width-padding,18*i+padding,tags="row",fill="#000000") # rows
-			self.create_line(18*i+padding,padding,18*i+padding,self._height-padding,tags="col",fill="#000000") # cols
+			self.create_line(padding,self._cellHeight*i+padding,self._width-padding,self._cellHeight*i+padding,tags="row",fill="#000000") # rows
+			self.create_line(self._cellWidth*i+padding,padding,self._cellWidth*i+padding,self._height-padding,tags="col",fill="#000000") # cols
 
 		self._drawStars()
+		self._drawCoordinates()
 
 	def _drawStars(self):
 		radius=2
@@ -38,6 +39,17 @@ class BoardView(ResizableCanvas):
 				y=r*self._cellWidth+self._padding
 				self.create_oval(x-radius,y-radius,x+radius,y+radius,tags="star",fill='#000000')
 
+	def _drawCoordinates(self):
+		for i in range(19):
+			letters="ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRST"
+			textWidth=12
+			# cols
+			self.create_text(self._padding+i*self._cellWidth,self._padding-textWidth,text=letters[i],tags="coords")
+			self.create_text(self._padding+i*self._cellWidth,self._height-self._padding+textWidth,text=letters[i],tags="coords")
+			# rows
+			self.create_text(self._padding-textWidth,self._padding+i*self._cellHeight,text=str(19-i),tags="coords")
+			self.create_text(self._width-self._padding+textWidth,self._padding+i*self._cellHeight,text=str(19-i),tags="coords")
+
 	## Draws a stone at provided coordinates.
 	#
 	#  For an unknown color draws nothing and returns False.