word or term for letting someone else have a chance to win
Solution 1:
You could say you're "going easy on them".
Solution 2:
Pulling your punches To refrain from deploying all the resources or force at one's disposal
Solution 3:
One option is throw:
- to lose (a game, race, or other contest) intentionally, as for a bribe.
Definition no. 15 taken from dictionary.reference.com
Solution 4:
sandbagging: deliberately underperform in a race or competition to gain an unfair advantage
underplay: 1. to achieve (an effect) by deliberate lack of emphasis 2. (Cards) to follow suit with a lower card when holding a higher one
play down (to): lower one's standards (to meet the demands of someone)
(go in the) tank: deliberately lose or fail to finish (a match)