Queen Blocks

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You are given an $8\times 8$ chessboard. Your enemy king is at point $(X,Y)$ $(1 \leq X,Y \leq 8)$. You need to place some number of [queen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(chess)) pieces on the chessboard such that the following conditions are satisfied: - The king should **not** be under attack by any of the queens that you have placed. - The [king](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_(che

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