diff --git a/src/gui/boardview.py b/src/gui/boardview.py
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+import tkinter as tk
+
+import go
+
+
+## Handles and presents the game state as detected by the program.
+class BoardView(tk.Canvas):
+	def __init__(self, master=None):
+		tk.Canvas.__init__(self, master)
+		self.configure(width=360,height=360,background="#ffcc00")
+
+		self.drawGrid()
+
+		self.grid()
+
+	def redrawState(self,gameState):
+		# !! will need to remove old stones or redraw the widget completely
+		for r,row in enumerate(gameState):
+			for c,point in enumerate(row):
+				self.drawStone(r,c,point)
+
+		self.grid()
+
+	def drawGrid(self):
+		for i in range(19):
+			self.create_line(18,18*(i+1),360-18,18*(i+1),fill="#000000") # rows
+			self.create_line(18*(i+1),18,18*(i+1),360-18,fill="#000000") # cols
+
+		self.drawStars()
+
+	def drawStars(self):
+		for r in range(4,19,6):
+			for c in range(4,19,6):
+				self.create_oval(r*18-2,c*18-2,r*18+2,c*18+2,fill='#000000')
+
+	## Draws a stone at provided coordinates.
+	#
+	#  For an unknown color draws nothing and returns False.
+	#
+	#  @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):
+		if color==go.BLACK: hexCode='#000000'
+		elif color==go.WHITE: hexCode='#ffffff'
+		else: return False
+		r+=1
+		c+=1
+		self.create_oval(c*18-9,r*18-9,c*18+9,r*18+9,fill=hexCode)