Problem: 2063C - Remove Exactly Two
Language: python

Solution 1 (runtime: 811 ms):
import sys,math,bisect,heapq
input=sys.stdin.readline
#remember file names are input.txt and output.txt 
#remember to pass only one argument to print
#add this lines before your program and after defining fast io(or that will over write testing)
#after testing done set flag =0
flag=0
if flag:
    class out:
        def __init__(self):
            self.fo=open("cp_with_python/cp/output.txt","w")
        def inu(self,*x):
            if str(type(x))!="<class 'str'>":
                x=str(x)
            self.fo.write(x)
            self.fo.write("\n")
    class inp:
        def __init__(self):
            self.fi=open("cp_with_python/cp/input.txt","r")
        def inu(self):
            return self.fi.readline()
    fy=out()
    print=fy.inu
    fx=inp()
    input=fx.inu

for _ in range(int(input())):
    n=int(input())
    #n,s1,s2=map(int,input().split())
    #a=list(map(int,input().split()))
    graph=[set() for i in range(n)]
    inc=[[i,0] for i in range(n)]
    for i in range(n-1):
        x,y=map(int,input().split())
        graph[x-1].add(y-1)
        graph[y-1].add(x-1)
        inc[x-1][1]+=1
        inc[y-1][1]+=1
    inc.sort(key=lambda x:x[1],reverse=True)
    ans=0
    if n==2:
        print(0)
    else:
        if inc[0][1]==inc[1][1]:
            if inc[0][1]==inc[2][1]:
                print(2*inc[0][1]-1)
            else:
                if inc[1][0] in graph[inc[0][0]]:
                    print(2*inc[0][1]-2)
                else:
                    print(2*inc[0][1]-1)
        else:
            for i in range(1,n):
                if inc[i][1]==inc[1][1]:
                    if inc[i][0] not in graph[inc[0][0]]:
                        print(inc[1][1]+inc[0][1]-1)
                        break
                else:
                    print(inc[0][1]+inc[1][1]-2)
                    break
            else:
                print(inc[0][1]+inc[1][1]-2)

Solution 2 (runtime: 781 ms):
t = int(input())

for x in range(t):
    n = int(input())
    edges = []
    adj_list = []

    for y in range(n+1):
        adj_list.append([])

    for e in range(n-1):
        a,b = list(map(int, input().split(" ")))
        
        adj_list[a].append(b)
        adj_list[b].append(a)


    for i in range(2):
        cnt_max_edges = 0
        max_edges = []
        for node in range(1, n+1):
            if adj_list[node] != None:
                if len(adj_list[node]) > cnt_max_edges:
                    cnt_max_edges = len(adj_list[node])
                    max_edges = [node]
                elif len(adj_list[node]) == cnt_max_edges:
                    max_edges.append(node)


        if len(max_edges) <= 2 or i == 1:
            max_edges = [max_edges[0]]
        else:
            f = False
            for idx1 in range(0, len(max_edges)):
                if f: break
                for idx2 in range(idx1+1, len(max_edges)):
                    if not max_edges[idx2] in adj_list[max_edges[idx1]]:
                        max_edges = [max_edges[idx1], max_edges[idx2]]
                        f = True
                        break


        for most_edges_node in max_edges:
            for node in adj_list[most_edges_node]:
                adj_list[node].remove(most_edges_node)

            adj_list[most_edges_node] = None

        if len(max_edges) >= 2:
            break

    count_cc = 0
    connected = {}
    v = 1
    for node in range(1, n+1):
        if adj_list[node] != None and not node in connected:
            queue = [node]

            while len(queue) > 0:
                curr = queue.pop()
                connected[curr] = count_cc
                for adj_node in adj_list[curr]:
                    if not adj_node in connected:
                        queue.append(adj_node)
                        connected[adj_node] = count_cc

            count_cc += 1

    print(count_cc)