'''

include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

define ll long long

int dx[] = {2, 2, -2, -2, 1, 1, -1, -1}; int dy[] = {1, -1, 1, -1, 2, -2, 2, -2};

bool isValid(int x, int y) { return x >= 0 && x < 8 && y >= 0 && y < 8; }

int bfs(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2) { vector<vector> vis(8, vector(8, false)); queue<pair<pair<int, int>, int>> q;

q.push({{x1, y1}, 0});
vis[x1][y1] = true;

while (!q.empty()) {
    auto cur = q.front();
    q.pop();

    int x = cur.first.first;
    int y = cur.first.second;
    int dist = cur.second;

    if (x == x2 && y == y2) {
        return dist;
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
        int nx = x + dx[i];
        int ny = y + dy[i];

        if (isValid(nx, ny) && !vis[nx][ny]) {
            vis[nx][ny] = true;
            q.push({{nx, ny}, dist + 1});
        }
    }
}

return -1; // If no path exists

}

int main() { ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL);

int t;
cin >> t;

while (t--) {
    string start, end;
    cin >> start >> end;

    int x1 = start[0] - 'a';
    int y1 = start[1] - '1';
    int x2 = end[0] - 'a';
    int y2 = end[1] - '1';

    int ans = bfs(x1, y1, x2, y2);
    cout << ans << endl;
}

return 0;

} '''

'''

include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int ans;

void bfs(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2) { vector<vector> vis(8, vector (8, 0)); queue<vector> q;

q.push({x1,y1,0});
while(!q.empty())
{
    vector<int>s = q.front();
    q.pop();

    vis[s[0]][s[1]] = 1;
    if(s[0] == x2 && s[1] == y2)ans = min(ans, s[2]);

    vector<vector<int>> v;
    v.push_back({s[0]+2,s[1]-1,s[2]+1});
    v.push_back({s[0]+2,s[1]+1,s[2]+1});
    v.push_back({s[0]-2,s[1]-1,s[2]+1});
    v.push_back({s[0]-2,s[1]+1,s[2]+1});
    v.push_back({s[0]+1,s[1]-2,s[2]+1});
    v.push_back({s[0]+1,s[1]+2,s[2]+1});
    v.push_back({s[0]-1,s[1]-2,s[2]+1});
    v.push_back({s[0]-1,s[1]+2,s[2]+1});

    for(auto u : v)
    {
        if((u[0]>=0 && u[0]<=7 && u[1]>=0 && u[1]<=7) && !vis[u[0]][u[1]])
        {
            q.push(u);
        }
    }
}

}

int main() { ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL);

int t;
cin >> t;

while (t--) {
    ans = INT_MAX;

    string start,end;
    cin>>start>>end;

    int x1,y1,x2,y2;
    x1 = start[0]-'a';
    y1 = int(start[1]-'1');
    x2 = end[0]-'a';
    y2 = int(end[1]-'1');

    bfs(x1,y1,x2,y2);

    cout<<ans<<endl;
}

return 0;

} '''