using namespace std;

class SilverDistance {
public:
    int minSteps(int sx, int sy, int gx, int gy) {
    int dx = gx - sx;
    int dy = gy - sy;
    int count = 0;
    count += min(abs(dx), abs(dy));
    dx = dx >= 0 ? dx - count : dx + count;
    dy = dy >= 0 ? dy - count : dy + count;
    if (dy == 0) {
        count += abs(dx) % 2 == 0 ? abs(dx) : abs(dx) + 1;
    } else if (dx == 0 && dy >= 0) {
        count += abs(dy);
    } else if (dx == 0 && dy < 0) {
        count += abs(dy) % 2 == 0 ? abs(dy) : abs(dy) + 2;
    }
    return count;
}
};