Both kings threatened by discovered check…

By master

… was the situation in this recent game from the German Bundesliga, where White to play had to calculate the consequences of
27.Rf7-f4+. How would you assess the position after that (diagram)?
A) White is better; 
B) the position is balanced; 
C) Black has the advantage.

The solution is here,
but first ponder over it with a  larger version of the diagram.

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