These games were all but boring. And nowadays there are great games being played, even if they end in a draw. Check out Carlsen-Svidler from earlier this year.

Players like Tal had their share of boring games, it's just that we remember the crazy ones because they're fun.

We do, they just don't qualify for the world championship.

If Mikhail Tal was alive today, he would play boring chess, too. Otherwise modern GMs would just accept his sacrifices, not make any mistakes, and win.

Late in his career Mikhail Tal put the fireworks away and transformed himself into a supreme technician. He set a record for the longest undefeated streak in chess history. Basically he'd fit right in today.

The computer age has unfortunately sort of crushed that style of play :( It's hard to play sacrificially when the engine refutes your attacks