If you finesse and it loses, you can say the missing card is ‘offside’.

In this double finesse position, the king is onside (under the queen) while the jack is offside (over the ten).
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If you finesse and it loses, you can say the missing card is ‘offside’.

In this double finesse position, the king is onside (under the queen) while the jack is offside (over the ten).