# How many positions can the queen control? [closed]

Given the size of board (n) and the position of the queen (r,c) how can we calculate the total number of squares which can be controlled by the queen?

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• You can count them! :D – boboquack Jan 29 '17 at 8:29

• $1$ - its own square
• $2n-2$ - the rows and columns without its own square
• $n-1-|r+c-n+1|$ - the number of squares on one diagonal
• $n-1-|r-c|$ - the number of squares on the other diagonal
$$4n-3+|r+c-n+1|+|r-c|$$