Don't fear the leaper

I'm not an expert endgame player by any sensible measurement system, but I do have one thing that gets me good results during this stage of the game. Confidence. If I think I can win an ending, or that the ending is better for me, then I'm likely to find the right plan.
As a result I'm often happy to head for an ending if nothing else is working for me, on the grounds that I can induce a mistake from my opponent. In the following recent example, I was happy to offer the exchange of queens on the grounds that I though the knight ending was easily winning. I probably over estimated my chances, but in doing so I was able to play the right sort of moves to improve my winning chances. It turns out one of my 'good' moves was based on a miscalculation on my part, but my opponent missed the best reply, and a few moves later (in time trouble) went wrong himself.

Press,Shaun - Aliyev,Kamran [B22]
Canberra CC (5), 23.10.2019

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 g6 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Rc1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rc5 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Nd7 17. Rc6 Nb6 18. Rfc1 Nc4 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Rc5 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. b3 Nd6 23. Qa5 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qc8 25. Bf4 Nf5 26. Qb6 Bh6 27. Bxh6 Nxh6 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. dxc5 Kf8 30. Nd4 Ke8 31. Nc6 Ng8 32. Kf1 Nf6 33. Ke2 Nd5 34. g3 Nc7 35. Kd3 f6 36. Nd4 a5 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Kd7 39. Kc4 e5 40. Nb3 Ne6 41. Nxa5 Nd4 42. Nb3 Nc6 43. Kb5 Kc7 44. a5 Na7+ 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. a6 f5 47. Na5+ Kc7 48. Kd5 e4 49. Ke5 Nb5 50. Kf4 Kd7 51. g4 Ke6 52. gxf5+ gxf5 53. Nc6 Nc7 54. a7 h6 55. Nd4+ Kd5 56. Nxf5 Kxc5 57. Kxe4 h5 58. Ng7 h4 59. Ne6+ 1-0