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This puzzle can be solved using the following concepts. Practice using these concepts and improve your skills.

Statement

 Goal

The knight is a chess piece that, when placed on the o-marked square, can move to any of the x-marked squares (as long as they are inside the board):
.x.x.
x...x
..o..
x...x
.x.x.

Eight knights, numbered from 1 to 8, have been placed on a 3×3 board, leaving one single square empty (.).
They can neither attack each other, nor share the same square, nor leave the board: the only valid moves are jumps to the empty square.

Compute the minimum number of valid moves required to reach the following ordered configuration by any sequence of valid moves:
123
456
78.
Output -1 if it is not reachable.

Example detailed: Possible in 3 moves
128       12.       123       123
356 --> 356 --> .56 --> 456
7.4 784 784 78.
Input
Three lines of three characters (containing each of the characters 1-8 and . exactly once).
Output
One single integer corresponding to the smallest number of moves needed to reach the ordered configuration.
-1 if it is not reachable.
Constraints
Example
Input
128
356
7.4
Output
3

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