Handicapped or handicap may refer to:
In sports and games
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Handicapping
Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning. The word also applies to the various methods by which t ...
, various methods of levelling the outcome in a competitive sport or game:
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Handicap race (disambiguation)
Handicap race may refer to:
* Handicap (horse racing), a race in which horses carry different weights
* Handicap (greyhound racing), a race in which greyhounds start from different starting traps
* Bracket racing, in drag racing, where cars, moto ...
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Handicap (chess)
Handicaps (or odds) in chess are handicapping chess variant, variants which enable a weaker player to have a chance of winning against a stronger one. There are a variety of such handicaps, such as odds (the stronger player surrenders a certain p ...
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Handicap (golf)
A golf handicap is a numerical measure of a golfer's ability, or potential ability, that is used to enable players of different abilities to compete against one another. Better players are those with the lowest handicaps.
Historically, rules relat ...
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Handicap (go)
Within most systems and at most levels in the game of Go, a handicap is given to offset the strength difference between players of different ranks.
Forms of handicaps
In the game of Go, a handicap is given by means of stones and compensation p ...
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Handicap (sailing) Handicap forms for sailing vessels in Yacht racing, sailing races have varied throughout history, and they also vary by country, and by sailing organisation. Sailing handicap standards exist internationally, nationally, and within individual sailing ...
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Handicap (shogi)
In shogi, a handicap game (駒落戦 ''koma ochisen,'' 駒落ち ''koma ochi,'' ハンデキャップ ''handekyappu,'' 手合割 ''teaiwari'') is a game setup used between players of disparate strengths, in which one or more pieces are removed fro ...
*Handicapping, various methods of outcome prediction or levelling outcome predictions:
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Asian handicap
Asian handicap betting is a form of betting on football in which teams are handicapped according to their form so that a stronger team must win by more goals for a bet on them to win. The system originated in Indonesia and gained popularity in the ...
, bookmakers' technique to level odds
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Political handicapping
Horse race journalism is political journalism of elections that resembles coverage of horse races because of the focus on polling data and public perception instead of candidate policy, and almost exclusive reporting on candidate differences rath ...
, the news process of trying to predict election outcomes, especially rather than focusing on the political issues
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The Handicapped
"The Handicapped" is a science fiction short story by Larry Niven, originally published in the December 1967 issue of ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' as "Handicap". Set in the ''Known Space'' universe, the story introduces the Grogs, the sessile but s ...
", short story by Larry Niven originally published in 1967 as "Handicap"
Human condition
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Disability
Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be Cognitive disability, cognitive, Developmental disability, d ...
, an impairment that substantially affects a person's life activities, and may be present at birth or arise later in life
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Self-handicapping
Self-handicapping is a cognitive strategy by which people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failure from hurting self-esteem. It was first theorized by Edward E. Jones and Steven Berglas, according to whom self-handicaps are obstacles ...
, a psychological method for preserving self-esteem
Biology
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Handicap principle
The handicap principle is a hypothesis proposed by the Israeli biologist Amotz Zahavi in 1975. It is meant to explain how "signal selection" during mate choice may lead to Signalling theory, "honest" or reliable signalling between male and femal ...
, an evolutionary theory (also known as handicap theory)
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