f = open('INPUT.TXT') line = f.readline().strip().split() f.close() start = line[0] end = line[1] start_col = ord(start[0]) - ord('a') start_row = int(start[1]) - 1 end_col = ord(end[0]) - ord('a') end_row = int(end[1]) - 1 can_reach = False if end_row > start_row: diff_row = end_row - start_row diff_col = abs(end_col - start_col) if diff_row == diff_col: can_reach = True f = open('OUTPUT.TXT', 'w') if can_reach: f.write('YES') else: f.write('NO') f.close()