Buggy python submission (verdict: Time Limit Exceeded):
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = 10**6#float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10


def main():
	H, W = MAP()
	Ch, Cw = MAP()
	Dh, Dw = MAP()
	S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

	cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
	cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

	dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
	dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

	q = deque([(Ch-1, Cw-1, 0)])
	while q:
		y, x, c = q.popleft()
		if cnt[y][x] != c:
			continue
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and c < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = c
					q.append((ny, nx, c))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and c+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = c+1
				q.append((ny, nx, c+1))


	if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
		print(-1)
	else:
		print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

Fixed submission:
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = 10**6#float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10


def main():
	H, W = MAP()
	Ch, Cw = MAP()
	Dh, Dw = MAP()
	S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

	cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
	cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

	dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
	dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

	q = deque([(Ch-1, Cw-1, 0)])
	while q:
		y, x, c = q.popleft()
		if cnt[y][x] != c:
			continue
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and c < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = c
					q.appendleft((ny, nx, c))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and c+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = c+1
				q.append((ny, nx, c+1))


	if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
		print(-1)
	else:
		print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

Buggy python submission (verdict: Time Limit Exceeded):
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = 10**6#float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10


def main():
	H, W = MAP()
	Ch, Cw = MAP()
	Dh, Dw = MAP()
	S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

	cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
	cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

	dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
	dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

	q = deque([(Ch-1, Cw-1, 0)])
	while q:
		y, x, c = q.popleft()
		if cnt[y][x] != c:
			continue
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and c < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = c
					q.append((ny, nx, c))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and c+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = c+1
				q.append((ny, nx, c+1))


	if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
		print(-1)
	else:
		print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

Fixed submission:
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = 10**6#float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10


def main():
	H, W = MAP()
	Ch, Cw = MAP()
	Dh, Dw = MAP()
	S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

	cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
	cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

	dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
	dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

	q = deque([(Ch-1, Cw-1, 0)])
	while q:
		y, x, c = q.popleft()
		if cnt[y][x] != c:
			continue
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and c < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = c
					q.appendleft((ny, nx, c))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and c+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = c+1
				q.append((ny, nx, c+1))


	if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
		print(-1)
	else:
		print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

Buggy python submission (verdict: Time Limit Exceeded):
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10

H, W = MAP()
Ch, Cw = MAP()
Dh, Dw = MAP()
S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

cnt = [[10**6]*W for _ in range(H)]
cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

def wizard_cnt(start_y, start_x):
	q = deque([(start_y, start_x)])
	while q:
		y, x = q.pop()
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and cnt[y][x] < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = cnt[y][x]
					q.append((ny, nx))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and cnt[y][x]+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = cnt[y][x]+1
				q.append((ny, nx))

wizard_cnt(Ch-1, Cw-1)

if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == 10**6:
	print(-1)
else:
	print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])


Fixed submission:
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = 10**6#float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10


def main():
	H, W = MAP()
	Ch, Cw = MAP()
	Dh, Dw = MAP()
	S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

	cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
	cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

	dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
	dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

	q = deque([(Ch-1, Cw-1, 0)])
	while q:
		y, x, c = q.popleft()
		if cnt[y][x] != c:
			continue
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and c < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = c
					q.appendleft((ny, nx, c))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and c+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = c+1
				q.append((ny, nx, c+1))


	if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
		print(-1)
	else:
		print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

Buggy python submission (verdict: Time Limit Exceeded):
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
#from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
#from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
#from operator import itemgetter, mul
#from copy import deepcopy
#from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
#from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
#from heapq import heappush, heappop
#from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
#from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10


def main():
	H, W = MAP()
	Ch, Cw = MAP()
	Dh, Dw = MAP()
	S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

	cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
	cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

	dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
	dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

	def wizard_cnt(start_y, start_x):
		q = deque([(start_y, start_x)])
		while q:
			y, x = q.pop()
			flg = True
			for i in range(24):
				if i == 4 and flg:
					break
				ny = y + dy[i]
				nx = x + dx[i]
				if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
					continue
				elif i < 4:
					if S[ny][nx] == "." and cnt[y][x] < cnt[ny][nx]:
						cnt[ny][nx] = cnt[y][x]
						q.append((ny, nx))
					elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
						flg = False
				elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and cnt[y][x]+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = cnt[y][x]+1
					q.append((ny, nx))

	wizard_cnt(Ch-1, Cw-1)

	if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
		print(-1)
	else:
		print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()


Fixed submission:
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = 10**6#float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10


def main():
	H, W = MAP()
	Ch, Cw = MAP()
	Dh, Dw = MAP()
	S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

	cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
	cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

	dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
	dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

	q = deque([(Ch-1, Cw-1, 0)])
	while q:
		y, x, c = q.popleft()
		if cnt[y][x] != c:
			continue
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and c < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = c
					q.appendleft((ny, nx, c))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and c+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = c+1
				q.append((ny, nx, c+1))


	if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
		print(-1)
	else:
		print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

Buggy python submission (verdict: Time Limit Exceeded):
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10

H, W = MAP()
Ch, Cw = MAP()
Dh, Dw = MAP()
S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

def wizard_cnt(start_y, start_x):
	q = deque([(start_y, start_x)])
	while q:
		y, x = q.pop()
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and cnt[y][x] < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = cnt[y][x]
					q.append((ny, nx))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and cnt[y][x]+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = cnt[y][x]+1
				q.append((ny, nx))

wizard_cnt(Ch-1, Cw-1)

if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
	print(-1)
else:
	print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])


Fixed submission:
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = 10**6#float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10


def main():
	H, W = MAP()
	Ch, Cw = MAP()
	Dh, Dw = MAP()
	S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

	cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
	cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

	dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
	dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

	q = deque([(Ch-1, Cw-1, 0)])
	while q:
		y, x, c = q.popleft()
		if cnt[y][x] != c:
			continue
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and c < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = c
					q.appendleft((ny, nx, c))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and c+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = c+1
				q.append((ny, nx, c+1))


	if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
		print(-1)
	else:
		print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

Buggy python submission (verdict: Time Limit Exceeded):
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10

H, W = MAP()
Ch, Cw = MAP()
Dh, Dw = MAP()
S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

def wizard_cnt(start_y, start_x):
	q = deque([(start_y, start_x)])
	while q:
		y, x = q.pop()
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if i < 4:
				if 0 <= ny < H and 0 <= nx < W and S[ny][nx] == "." and cnt[y][x] < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = cnt[y][x]
					q.append((ny, nx))
				else:
					flg = False
			if 4 <= i and 0 <= ny < H and 0 <= nx < W and S[ny][nx] == "." and cnt[y][x]+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = cnt[y][x]+1
				q.append((ny, nx))

wizard_cnt(Ch-1, Cw-1)

if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
	print(-1)
else:
	print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])


Fixed submission:
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = 10**6#float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10


def main():
	H, W = MAP()
	Ch, Cw = MAP()
	Dh, Dw = MAP()
	S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

	cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
	cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

	dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
	dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

	q = deque([(Ch-1, Cw-1, 0)])
	while q:
		y, x, c = q.popleft()
		if cnt[y][x] != c:
			continue
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and c < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = c
					q.appendleft((ny, nx, c))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and c+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = c+1
				q.append((ny, nx, c+1))


	if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
		print(-1)
	else:
		print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()

Buggy python submission (verdict: Time Limit Exceeded):
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10

H, W = MAP()
Ch, Cw = MAP()
Dh, Dw = MAP()
S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

def wizard_cnt(start_y, start_x):
	q = deque([(start_y, start_x)])
	while q:
		y, x = q.pop()
		for i in range(24):
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if i < 4 and 0 <= ny < H and 0 <= nx < W and S[ny][nx] == "." and cnt[y][x] < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = cnt[y][x]
				q.append((ny, nx))
			elif 4 <= i and 0 <= ny < H and 0 <= nx < W and S[ny][nx] == "." and cnt[y][x]+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = cnt[y][x]+1
				q.append((ny, nx))

wizard_cnt(Ch-1, Cw-1)

if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
	print(-1)
else:
	print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])


Fixed submission:
import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce, lru_cache
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def TUPLE(): return tuple(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = 10**6#float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10


def main():
	H, W = MAP()
	Ch, Cw = MAP()
	Dh, Dw = MAP()
	S = [input() for _ in range(H)]

	cnt = [[INF]*W for _ in range(H)]
	cnt[Ch-1][Cw-1] = 0

	dy = [1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2]
	dx = [0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]

	q = deque([(Ch-1, Cw-1, 0)])
	while q:
		y, x, c = q.popleft()
		if cnt[y][x] != c:
			continue
		flg = True
		for i in range(24):
			if i == 4 and flg:
				break
			ny = y + dy[i]
			nx = x + dx[i]
			if ny < 0 or nx < 0 or H <= ny or W <= nx:
				continue
			elif i < 4:
				if S[ny][nx] == "." and c < cnt[ny][nx]:
					cnt[ny][nx] = c
					q.appendleft((ny, nx, c))
				elif S[ny][nx] == "#":
					flg = False
			elif 4 <= i and S[ny][nx] == "." and c+1 < cnt[ny][nx]:
				cnt[ny][nx] = c+1
				q.append((ny, nx, c+1))


	if cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1] == INF:
		print(-1)
	else:
		print(cnt[Dh-1][Dw-1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()