Help me with a drawn position

Can a strong player please take a moment to give me some insight into the following rather strange position?

<a href="http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=905314">Game 905314</a>

Obviously the level of play is not that high, and yes, 17...Bc5?? was not my best moment. Any suggestions for better play at any point are welcome. However, I am concerned primarily with the final position - my opponent offered me a draw, which my limited experience on RHP has taught me to assume I have some kind of forced win (e.g. I had a draw offered to me when I had bishop and 5 pawns vs. five pawns), but in this case after studying the position for some time I could not find a satisfactory plan and wound up accepting the draw.

My question is, what is going on in this position? Who stands better, and what should the plan for each side be? Thanks in advance for the instruction.

Oops. Clearly I don't know how to link to games. Oh, hey, look down there. Smart guy.

Game 905314

Qd5 seems to hold an advantage to black like so:

25. ... Qd5 26. Kf3 Bd4 27. Rd1 Rac8 28. Qxa6 Rxc2 29. Qa7+ Kd8 30. Qxf7 e2 31. Rg8+ Rxg8 32. Qxg8+ Kc7
etc.

Of course that's just one line. Black is winning but only just. It's a close game and I would have continued.

Hmm... I considered 25...Qd5 but it seemed that after 26.Kf3 Bd5 27.Rd1 I was worse off. I guess I needed to look a little deeper.

Just out of curiosity, why not 27...Rhc8 losing the h-pawn instead of the a- and f-pawns?

Originally posted by RaulGroom
Hmm... I considered 25...Qd5 but it seemed that after 26.Kf3 Bd5 27.Rd1 I was worse off. I guess I needed to look a little deeper.

Just out of curiosity, why not 27...Rhc8 losing the h-pawn instead of the a- and f-pawns?