diff --git a/lib/goban.py b/lib/goban.py
index d4625bb..f45cefa 100644
--- a/lib/goban.py
+++ b/lib/goban.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class Goban:
 
     def set_hover(self, pos):
         rpos = self._real_pos(pos)
+        if rpos == self.hover:
+            return
 
         if not self._valid_move(rpos):
             self.clear_hover()
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ class Goban:
     
     def clear_hover(self):
         self.hover = None
+        print 'hover clear'
         
 
     # fixme - somewhere in this or its component functions we need to
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ class Goban:
         self.to_move = self._other_color(self.to_move)
 
 
+
     def _capture(self, pos):
         """Look for stones captured on the 4 sides of pos, remove them and increment
         capture counter. This pos must be a *real* position value, not an x,y tuple."""
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ class Goban:
                     self.white_captures += self._delete_group(p)
 
 
+
     def _valid_move(self, pos):
         if not self._on_board(pos):
             return False
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@ class Goban:
         return liberties > 0 or kills_group
 
 
+
     # Recursively find whether there are liberties for the group
     # at pos. Positive numbers are not necessarily accurate - 
     # treat this as a boolean
@@ -127,12 +133,23 @@ class Goban:
             return 0
         else:
             liberties = 0
-            for d in [pos + 1, pos - 1, pos + self.board_size, pos - self.board_size]:
+            neighbors = []
+            if pos >= self.board_size:
+                neighbors.append(pos - self.board_size)
+            if pos <= self.board_size * self.board_size - self.board_size - 1:
+                neighbors.append(pos + self.board_size)
+            if pos % self.board_size != 0:
+                neighbors.append(pos - 1)
+            if (pos + 1) % self.board_size != 0:
+                neighbors.append(pos + 1)
+
+            for d in neighbors:
                 liberties += self._has_liberties(d, who, checked)
 
             return liberties
 
 
+
     # We don't need to worry about crossing ourselves with the
     # recursion here, because we've already deleted the stone.
     # It would be more efficient to avoid going backwards,
@@ -154,6 +171,7 @@ class Goban:
         self.board[x][y].state = Goban.EMPTY
 
 
+
     def _delete_group_r(self, pos, who):
         if not self._on_board(pos):
             return
@@ -173,6 +191,7 @@ class Goban:
         return num_deleted
 
 
+
     def draw_board(self, size, img_res):
         ret = pygame.Surface((size,size))
 
@@ -191,7 +210,7 @@ class Goban:
             s = pygame.transform.scale(s, (inc, inc))
             ret.blit(s, ((pos % self.board_size) *inc, (pos / self.board_size) *inc))
             
-            if self.hover == point:
+            if self.hover == pos:
                 c = img_res['bH']
                 if self.to_move == Goban.WHITE:
                     c = img_res['wH']
@@ -201,6 +220,7 @@ class Goban:
         return ret.convert_alpha()
 
 
+
     def draw_info(self):
         textbox = pygame.Surface((150, 300))
         textbox = textbox.convert()
@@ -225,6 +245,7 @@ class Goban:
         return textbox
 
 
+
     def _make_default_draw_codes(self):
         ret = []
 
@@ -233,7 +254,7 @@ class Goban:
                 ret.append('ul')
             elif pos == self.board_size - 1:
                 ret.append('ur')
-            elif pos == self.board_size * self.board_size - 19:
+            elif pos == self.board_size * self.board_size - self.board_size:
                 ret.append('dl')
             elif pos == self.board_size * self.board_size - 1:
                 ret.append('dr')
@@ -243,7 +264,7 @@ class Goban:
                 ret.append('u')
             elif pos % self.board_size == 0:
                 ret.append('l')
-            elif pos > (self.board_size * self.board_size - 20):
+            elif pos > (self.board_size * self.board_size - self.board_size - 1):
                 ret.append('d')
             elif pos % self.board_size == 18:
                 ret.append('r')