What's a good defence against the Nimzovich-Larsen attack?

I played e5. Is it a good move? Are there better moves?

Perhaps Beating Unusual Openings by Richard Palliser (2006) would be helpful.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627072813/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen107.pdf

Playing 1... c5 against 1. e4 and 1. c4 I found practical to play 1. b3 c5 as well with the same idea to play the setup with Nc6, d6 and e5 killing the bishop on b2. if White tries to counter this plan by playing a quick d4 then it doesn't work too well for him, eg 1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. c4 Nf6 9. cxd Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qg5 which is at least fine for Black as in Lazic - Felgaer 2003.

Hello! I wrote a blog post on how amateur players respond to 1.b3 Based on 60 competitive OTB games: https://thechessjournalblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/11/how-amateur-chess-players-respond-to-1-b3-larsens-attack/

Nice analysis! I'll go with little center then =D

I use to play 1.Nf3 2.b3 instead of 1.b3 exactly because of e5.

Just don't overextend. Most normal moves are OK, but White has one scary gambit if You try to play both e5 and d5, and playing d5 + quick c5 lands you in inverted Queens Indian / Nimzo-Indian / Bogo-Indian tempo down.

Also, possibly helpful:
Grandmaster Repertoire 19 - Beating Minor Openings by Victor Mikhalevski
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/BeatingMinorOpenings-excerpt.pdf
http://www.davidsmerdon.com/?p=1888

The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White by GM Larry Kaufman (2012),
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626221508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen162.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/955.pdf