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In an $8 \times 8$ chessboard a queen placed anywhere can attack another piece if the piece is present in the same row, or in the same column or in any diagonal position in any possible $4$ directions, provided there is no other piece in between in the path from the queen to that piece. The columns are labelled $a$ to $h$ (left to right) and the rows are numbered $1$ to $8$ (bottom to top). The position of a piece is given by the combination of column and row labels. For example, position $c5$ means that the piece is in $c$th  column and $5$th row.

If the queen is at $c5$, and the other pieces at positions $c2$, $g1$, $g3$, $g5$ and $a3$, how many are under attack by the queen? There are no other pieces on the board.

  1. $2$
  2. $3$
  3. $4$
  4. $5$
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