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Given an infinite chessboard, find shortest distance for a knight to move from position A to position B.

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  • Given an infinite chessboard, find shortest distance for a knight to move from position A to position B.
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  • How would you go about calculating the shortest distance from A to B for a knight on an infinite chessboard?
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  • Can you explain to me how you would calculate the fewest steps a knight needs to move from position A to position B on an infinite chessboard?
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Interview question asked to Data Scientists interviewing at Commvault, Atlassian, Meta and others: Given an infinite chessboard, find shortest distance for a knight to move from position A to position B..