diff --git a/src/gui/boardview.py b/src/gui/boardview.py
--- a/src/gui/boardview.py
+++ b/src/gui/boardview.py
@@ -1,37 +1,46 @@
 import tkinter as tk
 
-import go
+from go import BLACK,WHITE
 
 
 ## 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._master=master
+		tk.Canvas.__init__(self, master, highlightthickness=0)
+
+		self.width=360
+		self.height=360
+		self.padding=18
+		self.cellWidth=(self.width-2*self.padding)/18
+		self.cellHeight=(self.height-2*self.padding)/18
+		self.configure(width=self.width,height=self.height,background="#ffcc00")
 
 		self.drawGrid()
-
-		self.grid()
+		master.bind("<Configure>", self._onResize)
 
 	def redrawState(self,gameState):
-		# !! will need to remove old stones or redraw the widget completely
+		self.delete("black","white")
 		for r,row in enumerate(gameState):
 			for c,point in enumerate(row):
 				self.drawStone(r,c,point)
 
-		self.grid()
-
 	def drawGrid(self):
+		padding=self.padding
 		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.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.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')
+		radius=2
+
+		for r in range(3,19,6):
+			for c in range(3,19,6):
+				x=c*self.cellHeight+self.padding
+				y=r*self.cellWidth+self.padding
+				self.create_oval(x-radius,y-radius,x+radius,y+radius,tags="star",fill='#000000')
 
 	## Draws a stone at provided coordinates.
 	#
@@ -41,9 +50,31 @@ class BoardView(tk.Canvas):
 	#  @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'
+		if color==BLACK:
+			hexCode='#000000'
+			tag="black"
+		elif color==WHITE:
+			hexCode='#ffffff'
+			tag="white"
 		else: return False
-		r+=1
-		c+=1
-		self.create_oval(c*18-9,r*18-9,c*18+9,r*18+9,fill=hexCode)
+
+		x=c*self.cellWidth+self.padding
+		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)
+
+	def _onResize(self, event):
+		wScale=float(event.width)/self.width
+		hScale=float(event.height)/self.height
+		scale=min(wScale,hScale)
+
+		self.width*=scale
+		self.height*=scale
+		self.scale("all",0,0,scale,scale) # rescale all the objects tagged with the "all" tag
+
+		x=(event.width-self.width)/2
+		y=(event.height-self.height)/2
+
+		# place the window, giving it an explicit size
+		self.place(in_=self._master, x=x, y=y,
+				width=self.width, height=self.height)