Simplify

Simplification tactics is one of my favorite tactics, but sometimes without tactics a chess game can be made more simple. In this game I could win the opponent queen on g6 but I would prefer to give the opponent zero counter play. Therefore I searched for other moves, and soon I saw 15.Ng5+ with check.

Now my opponent played 15...Kh6 because 15...Kh8 would be a blunder, as white can take the queen on g6 with check and the rook on f8 would fall as well.
When this position arrived I thought I wanted to use the uncovered position of the black rook on f8.
Therefore I went for 16.Nf5+ to capture the rook and create a threat on h7 and as a side effect it makes the two black pieces on the queen side even more bystanders than they already were.

And only here after capturing the rook I saw I can, instead of winning the queen on h7, simplify to a won endgame.

A bishop and a pawn up, and white is more active.