Creative move series - Super high flying capping

From the 6th game of the 50th Japanese Kisei title match yesterday, Shibano played a super high flying “capping move” J13 at move 16

According to Shibano in the interview after the game, he said he saw this type of move before, but didn’t research too much into it. I wonder if it is related to the Shite Fuseki move. Not only acts as a ladder breaker, but also supports fights spread up to the center (in this game around move 50). Even though it is not in top AI candidate moves, but after placing it, it is on par with any other top candidate moves.

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What an early move! Looks like saying 15 to not be that sente lol

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