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Crazy Stone has beaten strong human players, says Bruno Bouzy, a computer scientist at Paris Descartes University (PDU), but only when given the benefit of placing the first three or four stones unopposed.

The team has beaten strong opponents such as Saddleback and Baldwin Park, ranked No. 2 and No. 6, respectively, in the CIF Southern Section Division 5 poll.

"It's exactly what our commitment to science and a proactive industrial strategy is all about – and we've beaten off strong global competition," said the chancellor.

Alexander Masters has tonight beaten a strong field to win the £10,000 Guardian First Book Award for Stuart: A Life Backwards, his biography of homeless man Stuart Shorter.

Tory candidates losing deposits in byelections under John Major's premiership performed just as badly in safe Labour seats such as Monklands East and Barnsley East but had the good fortune not to be beaten by strong fringe candidates.

Combined with a slimmed down squad and a summer to work on intelligent recruitment, on and off the pitch with a new Sports Science Coach, this new look Luton have so far beaten a strong Brighton side, as well as thrashing Bedford Town 9-0 in pre-season.

Having beaten the strongest teams around, home and away, for the past 20 months, India have once again stumbled and fallen well short on the big stage.

Bartley says the four had targeted winning the race, but were beaten by strong-finishing Switzerland.

Last year's beaten finalist looks strong.

The bombing and ground invasion left it badly beaten, but still strong enough to put down rebellions in northern and southern Iraq and threaten Kuwait again only three years later.

If we get the upper hand we'll say we've beaten a very strong South African team". Adding spice to the contest are the claims by John Smit, the South Africa captain, that a senior Ireland player created animosity between the Lions and the Springboks this summer.