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Interesting part of my game from last tournament

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Adamskrocki
Oct 11, 2015
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So that was how the game went, but Kf1 actually didn't work as well as I thought it could, giving a pretty uncomfortable position to white in the end.  How can black get a good position

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NM ChessMavenYeti
Oct 23, 2015
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Interesting.  So, the e5 push looks intuitively scary because you really have no development edge to speak of.  Then again... Qxf7 is pretty much game over so the knight can't move for awhile.  

I'm not using a computer (which makes things more fun but more inaccurate).  As black in this position I would be considering two things:

1. Sacraficing the rook.  Kf1 is pretty ugly looking so in the event of Qxe5 Qxb7 0-0 black should have some scary compensation.  I think a defense for white may be possible but it's certainly going to be tense for awhile.  

...and I just realized that that was a solution!  haha.  It's worth mentioning that the bigger point is probably not the tactics, it's that sacrificing your development completely for a material edge is a risky endeavor even after you get the material.