Sam Sloan, who was involved with the Polgar-Truong USCF Executive Board controversy that resulted in the arrest of Gregory Alexander - and who is running for President of the USA for the Democratic Party, receiving only 628 votes less than Martin O'Malley in the New Hampshire Primary, is the only player I know who has ever advocated the benefits of playing the Damiano Defense that allowed the knight sacrifice. He felt that piece activity and unusual counter-attacking positions justified the incredible loss of material. He was rated between 1900 and 2000 USCF, and has 4 of his wins posted to the chessgames website against opponents rated between 1677-2093 (1800-2200 Chess.com).
Can Black win with the Damiano Defence?
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I was wondering if there's any way to defend against White's attacks on the kingside? Without losing material or too much material.