How can white win this?

White is a rook up in material but black threatens to trap it. How do we get out of this threat and turn it into a victory?
This puzzle was composed by Mark Liburkin in 1935.
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[@ceejay0137]

Beautiful puzzle, which completely defeated me! Even after you showed us the correct first move I didn't see how White could escape.

[@bjarkerosenkilde2272]

Once again, quite amusing

[@giovannicorno1247]

Really astonishing!

[@nabazf8891]

I couldn't see the Rook sacrifice.

[@BillHimmel]

Me neither!

[@DaDitka]

How about that? This was a really neat puzzle. Thank you.

[@RamKumar-gy9nb]

You always bring the best.... excellent combination. Thank you very much. Really appreciate your efforts in the analysis, video creation and other background stuffs which you do.

[@denisrho1019]

Double !! ; I agree.
I give myself only one « ! » as I was able to find only the first step with the knight.

[@JohnWilliams-yw9wu]

Another very brilliant study

[@petervanvelzen1950]

Totally surprised by the single knight's mate. Applause for Mark Liburkin!

[@RoyTelling]

I have watched everyone of your puzzles since "Never Give Up" about 7 months ago
I have NEVER got any of the right ☹😪😭 BUT enjoy trying.
this is one that totally got me stumped I was even stumped at 3:19 WoW
ONE day I hope I can get one right????????

[@broniuszibaitis7246]

Brilliant!!

[@SteveCondron]

Cool mate. Did not see that one.

[@petersiegfriedkrug]

This study reminds me of Liburkin. But the starting position seems - to my memory - to be different. I believe the black pawn was not on e3 in the inital position of Liburkin. - But what I do know is that this study is famous.

[@Chess-strategy]

@@petersiegfriedkrug You are perfectly right, the original study is a lot more complex. I looked at that first but realized it demanded a video of 15-20 minutes, that's why I chose a shorter version like this.

[@redzepp7881]

How about a puzzle where black wins?

[@freezer8530]

Simple: Just invert the pieces and flip the board positioning about the 4½ rank.

[@MichaelHarrisIreland]

Pure evil, lol.