How to win this position?

Hello,

I just played a game OTB in the chess club, where I was White and we reached this position:

It felt like I had to be slightly better here, as I had this wonderful knight on e5, my rook is better than his and he had those doubled isolated pawns on the c-file. However, I wasn't able to get an attack going, because I had to defend the pawns on the 4th rank, especially d4.

I really couldn't come up with a plan here. I thought of bringing my king up to defend the pawn and use the a-file with my queen and rook, but wasn't convinced. Finally I accepted the offered draw...

Is there any general idea in this kind of position?

Thank you very much!

The position does look advantageous for white, with permanent advantages. I'd play something like 1.h4 here, intending to stop black's counterplay on the queenside with ...g5, and possibly advance h5 sometime, fixing my knight on g6. 

Or I'd wait around, play something like h3, which gives my king an escape square on h2, and commits nothing.

The key to playing these positions, where you know you have a permanent advantage, is to keep playing safe moves, and wait for your opponent to blunder. You may not have an immediate breakthrough, so wait around and let your opponent give one to you.

But never accept the draw, unless it's for some special reason (sick, final round prize, etc.)

Your opponent has two serious weakness. The c7 pawn and the e6. Now if you relocate your beautiful knight from e5 which do nothing to f3 square defending d4 and put your Queen instead on e5, you may win a pawn. Black's f6 rook can't defend both pawns. Black is gonna play Bc4 to d5 so perhaps Nf3-Nd2 to stop this in front and only then Qe5.

I like the Nf3 maneuver intending Qe5.

I though about Qc3-Qa1 in coordination to activate the King but that allows Black to untangle the f6 rook since the e6 pawn is not a target, when opens the diagonal for the black Queen to swing on h4. In over the board conditions is risky to go for such a plan. You need to calculate a lot of things to make sure that you will not got in to trouble.

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This is perhaps one of the most interesting positions I have ever seen, due to the fact that Black is in a relative form of zugzwang. To win this position requires moves that actually give Black the move, gaining an advantage later. Note the interesting zugzwang-like traits of the position - The only possible moves from Black are useless, limited to a backwards rook move or a repetition from the queen. The brilliant move in this position is h3!!

After h3, if a rook move is played, a sacrifice on d4 with Qg3 can be played. After the queen takes the pawn, the surprising Kh1! instead of Kh2 wins, as playing Kh2 leads to future checks when the F4 pawn falls. A check on g6 should be enough to grab a couple pawns. If a queen move is played, the game can continue with a complicated queen maneuver, which if not played, essentially draws the game - which will all be explained in the following diagram:

Anyways, my thoughts on the position were mainly guided by the computer, so there might be some mistakes. Please correct any of them.

So initially you thought it's winning. Then, after 6 years of analysis you concluded that it's a draw. Then you abruptly changed your mind again and now you think your initial view was correct?

Just take a deep breath and channel the vibrations.

i Think if i were you i will just be playing Random and unusual moves to heat up the opponents time and i will wait until he plays some mistake and start thinking more