New Piece

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Chef's favorite game is chess. Today, he invented a new piece and wants to see its strengths. From a cell $(X, Y)$, the new piece can move to any cell of the chessboard such that its color is different from that of $(X, Y)$. The new piece is currently located at cell $(A, B)$. Chef wants to calculate the minimum number of steps required to move it to $(P, Q)$. **Note:** A chessboard is an $8 \t

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