Если вы хотите нарезать свой 2D-список в пределах x1, y1, x2, y2, вы можете сделать:
def getsubgrid(x1, y1, x2, y2, grid):
return [item[x1:x2] for item in grid[y1:y2]]
, например:
grid = [[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
[11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19],
[21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29],
[31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39],
[41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49],
[51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59]]
print getsubgrid(3,2,5,4,grid)
#prints [[24, 25], [34, 35]]