diff --git a/src/gui/boardview.py b/src/gui/boardview.py
--- a/src/gui/boardview.py
+++ b/src/gui/boardview.py
@@ -1,45 +1,41 @@
-import tkinter as tk
-
+from .resizablecanvas import ResizableCanvas
 from go import BLACK,WHITE
 
 
 ## Handles and presents the game state as detected by the program.
-class BoardView(tk.Canvas):
+class BoardView(ResizableCanvas):
 	def __init__(self, master=None):
-		self._master=master
-		tk.Canvas.__init__(self, master, highlightthickness=0)
+		super().__init__(master)
+
+		self.configure(width=360,height=360,background="#ffcc00")
 
-		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._padding=18
+		self._cellWidth=(self._width-2*self._padding)/18
+		self._cellHeight=(self._height-2*self._padding)/18
 
-		self.drawGrid()
-		master.bind("<Configure>", self._onResize)
+		self._drawGrid()
 
 	def redrawState(self,gameState):
 		self.delete("black","white")
 		for r,row in enumerate(gameState):
 			for c,point in enumerate(row):
-				self.drawStone(r,c,point)
+				self._drawStone(r, c, point)
 
-	def drawGrid(self):
-		padding=self.padding
+	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,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()
+		self._drawStars()
 
-	def drawStars(self):
+	def _drawStars(self):
 		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
+				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.
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ class BoardView(tk.Canvas):
 	#  @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):
 		if color==BLACK:
 			hexCode='#000000'
 			tag="black"
@@ -58,23 +54,7 @@ class BoardView(tk.Canvas):
 			tag="white"
 		else: return False
 
-		x=c*self.cellWidth+self.padding
-		y=r*self.cellHeight+self.padding
-		radius=self.cellWidth/2
+		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)