New players to chess are introduced to classical and Romantic games from the 1800s, and while I'm nowhere near very good, it seems harmful to show off these games as quality when they are often based on large inaccuracies. That being said, when I follow current top 10 player matches the players are so focused on playing the right move to maintain or develop an advantage that there is less sense of excitement or sharpness than games I've seen in games from 40-50 years ago. Perhaps that's why the famous players from then will be immortalized more deeply than prodigies like Caruana. Still, the advent of computers really changed the game, perhaps for worse.
I wouldn't advise beginners to study today's elite's game, because the opening preparation is incredibly deep and what you see is only the pit of the iceberg, meaning that it's impossible to really understand what's going on without deeply studying the opening theory, which is not what you'd want a beginner to do.
