The quest continues! Once again I played very deliberately, but I think this time I messed up somewhere.

This is the game how I see it:

- Black builds influence, white tries to live next to it. Black allows this in exchange for a wall facing the upper side.
- White comes in that area as well. Black allows it in exchange for a wall facing the left/upper side of the board.
- White invades here, too. Black tries to keep white small.

Three times black allows white to live and simply change his influence, redirect it. I think once is fine. But doing it three times is probably go-schizophrenic or something. My view is thus that I've played too nicely and that 2nd (and especially that 3rd) attempt of white to break up an area of influence should've come under heavy, heavy attack.

Am I correct in my thinking?

Additional questions
Leela wants to block the other way. I think that's good with the black stones already in place on the bottom, but I figured this way was potentially better because the side is stil bigger and it's my cornerstone at the other side. Do I make a mistake here?
Bad move?
Kick it?
Do I jump in the corner instead at 3-3?
how about now?


It's so hard to know just how and when to use your influence.
But that's also the beauty of the game
Any tips much appreciated!

A few comments.

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