Draw?

This is a semi-recent game I had on here. 

I accepted the draw for a couple of reasons, 1) I saw no obvious way for me to get the advantage (at the time) and 2) my opponent is rated significantly higher than me (1900ish).

I would like some advice as to if it was correct of me to accept the draw. If the position was truely even, then i'm happy I accepted it. If I did have the advantage (i know think I could have), then I will be kicking myself for quite a while.

I think 16. Rd1 was a mistake.  You had to contest the e-file.

In the final position, you have the advantage of Bishop vs. Knight, which would be considerable in an open position with pawns on both sides of the board.  To put this to use, you have to relieve the pressure on the e-file by trading one or both rooks (perhaps with Kg1 and Re1), and then you can start depriving the Knight of good squares. (I.e. c4)

The problem is that Black has a good Knight positon at the moment and pressure on the e-file, so he can probably counter your efforts. 

Against a better player than me, I would probably have taken the draw.

I'm not quite sure why he offered the draw.  I think Black has much better play in this position.  Since you have to guard the f pawn, you need to play either 17.Kg1 or 17.f3.  After either move, all of your pieces are pinned.  Your bishop is pinned to the c pawn, your d rook is pinned to your bishop, your f rook is pinned to the f pawn, and if you played 17.Kf1, your king is pinned to the f pawn.  None of the possible discovered attacks on the knight help you.  His pieces are all placed very well, and you'll be stuck defending.  My hypothesis is that he didn't want to play anymore for some personal reason.  Maybe he had to do something and didn't want to use his vacation time?

Jeez, I had a hard time find this post.

Ray D and SilentFilmStar, great posts.

Ray D, If I tried to trade rooks, wouldn't he at least gain a pawn?

SilentFilmStar the only move that I thought may work would have been at the time was 17.c4. After reading both your and Ray D's post, that would not have been a good idea (I would have had to set up some defense before attacking).

I looks like taking the draw was a good idea for me, although i'm sure better players than myself would have been able to fight for the win.

btw, I absoulutely hate the Latvian Gambit now, way to crazy for me.