next year after the local congress I will commence to play 1.d4 again.
I played 1.d4 followed by c4 in my entire youth for about 8 years, but without much theory,
then after taking chess more seriously, I decided to switch to 1.e4,
I improved my chess quite much lately, also my knowledge on openings,
1.e4 is a bit like the french defence with its exchange and steinitz variation, 1.e4 can be ultrasharp,
sharper than any 1.d4 opening (sicilian), but it can also be more dull, duller than any 1.d4 opening (1. ... e5)... with 1.d4 you better know what you are likely to get ... and tbh. I'm not sure if Bishop moves giving the black player tempi to develop his queenside with a6 b5 are maintaining the opening advantage for white ... and petroff is just

I don't see a good way to fight it ...also you have to know a lot of theory in 1.e4, much more than in 1.d4, I'm also not so well in remembering moves, and opening knowledge normally favours the black side, because black only has to know one system, white so many more ... so 1.d4 is for me ... soon