Microscopic Chess Art

created by Vladimir Aniskin was recently featured in the Times:

A microscopic chess set no bigger than a match head could be the smallest board game in the world.
The board is 3.5 mm by 2.5 mm and the gold and silver pieces are 0.15 mm and 0.3 mm high.

Pawn on a poppy seed



Chessmen on a poppy seed