Claim: Queen to Play was based on La Joueuse d’échecs by Bertina Henrichs and directed by Caroline Bottaro.
Evidence: It is based on the novel La Joueuse d'échecs by Bertina Henrichs. Queen to Play (original title Joueuse, the feminine form of "player") is a 2009 French-German film directed by Caroline Bottaro. 
Caroline Bottaro La Joueuse d'échecs
by Bertina Henrichs