diff --git a/src/gui/boardview.py b/src/gui/boardview.py
--- a/src/gui/boardview.py
+++ b/src/gui/boardview.py
@@ -7,19 +7,21 @@ class BoardView(ResizableCanvas):
 	def __init__(self, master=None):
 		super().__init__(master)
 
+		self._padding=24
 		self.configure(width=360,height=360,background="#ffcc00")
 
-		self._padding=24
-		self._cellWidth=(self._width-2*self._padding)/18
-		self._cellHeight=(self._height-2*self._padding)/18
-
 		self._drawGrid()
 
-	def redrawState(self,gameState):
-		self.delete("black","white")
+	def redrawState(self,gameState,labels=dict()):
+		self.delete("black","white","label")
 		for r,row in enumerate(gameState):
 			for c,point in enumerate(row):
-				self._drawStone(r, c, point)
+				self._drawStone(r, c, point, labels.get((r,c)))
+
+	def configure(self,*args,**kwargs):
+		super().configure(*args,**kwargs)
+		self._cellWidth=(self._width-2*self._padding)/18
+		self._cellHeight=(self._height-2*self._padding)/18
 
 	def _drawGrid(self):
 		padding=self._padding
@@ -57,12 +59,14 @@ class BoardView(ResizableCanvas):
 	#  @param r row coordinate, [0-18], counted from top
 	#  @param c column coordinate, [0-18], counted from left
 	#  @param color color indicator, go.BLACK or go.WHITE
-	def _drawStone(self, r, c, color):
+	def _drawStone(self, r, c, color, label=""):
 		if color==BLACK:
 			hexCode='#000000'
+			altCode='#ffffff'
 			tag="black"
 		elif color==WHITE:
 			hexCode='#ffffff'
+			altCode='#000000'
 			tag="white"
 		else: return False
 
@@ -70,6 +74,8 @@ class BoardView(ResizableCanvas):
 		y=r*self._cellHeight+self._padding
 		radius=self._cellWidth/2
 		self.create_oval(x-radius,y-radius,x+radius,y+radius,tags=tag,fill=hexCode)
+		if label:
+			self.create_text(x,y,text=label,tags="label",fill=altCode)
 
 	def _onResize(self,event):
 		super()._onResize(event)