odds

1. (chess) An advantage given to a weaker opponent in order to equalize the game when playing casually, usually by removing one of the stronger player's pieces or by giving the weaker player more time.Examples: "She beat me with knight odds but lost with rook odds."; "The grandmaster gave his opponents significant time odds, of one minute versus ten minutes."; "The resulting match of fourteen games was won by Mr. Maurian, who had scored all the Knight-odds parties and the majority of the even-term ones!"pluralplural-only