input: def min_steps_to_capture_black_queen(a: int, b: int, c: int, d: int, e: int, f: int) -> int:
      """
      Consider a 1-indexed 8x8 chessboard with 3 pieces placed on it.
  
      You are provided 6 integers a, b, c, d, e, and f where:
  
      (a, b) represents the location of the white rook.
      (c, d) represents the location of the white bishop.
      (e, f) represents the position of the black queen.
  
      Only white pieces can be moved; determine the smallest number of moves necessary to capture the black queen.
  
      Important points:
  
      Rooks can move any number of squares in a straight line either vertically or horizontally, but they cannot leap over other pieces.
      Bishops can move any number of squares diagonally, but they cannot leap over other pieces.
      A rook or a bishop can capture the queen if it is in a square reachable by their move.
      The queen remains stationary.
  
      Examples:
      >>> a = 1, b = 1, c = 8, d = 8, e = 2, f = 3
      2
      >>> a = 5, b = 3, c = 3, d = 4, e = 5, f = 2
      1
  
      Constraints:
      1 <= a, b, c, d, e, f <= 8
      No two pieces occupy the same square.
      """
output:     rook_moves = abs(a - e) + abs(b - f)
      if a == e or b == f:
          rook_moves = min(rook_moves, 1)
      
      bishop_moves = float('inf')
      if (a + b) % 2 == (e + f) % 2:
          if abs(a - e) == abs(b - f):
              bishop_moves = 1
          else:
              bishop_moves = 2
  
      return min(rook_moves, bishop_moves)