Okay, I'm only an advanced level backgammon player dreaming of playing on expert level some day, but maybe my worst blunders can be instructive to other non-pros.
Here's one you might enjoy. It might be trivial for you, and I'm embarassed that I missed it. I learned - situations that look like "there's only one move so don't even start thinking" are still worth thinking.
Here I didn't think. It was clear, there is only one checker that can move the 6, so I moved 8-2. Then I needed to move the 4, so I moved 3-off. XG tells me this is a horrible blunder worth half a point (0.44 to be precise).
The right move is to move the 4 first - 8-4, and then bear off the 6 with 4-off, leaving no blot.
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