which however also resulted in a tie with one win apiece. Böök was declared the winner due to his superior Sonneborn-Berger score. The 1947 Canadian championship, won by Daniel Yanofsky, was also treated as a Zonal event, however no other Zonals were organised. Eventually it was decided to hold a ballot among FIDE delegates to determine the make-up of the tournament. From this, a list of sixteen players was created to join O'Kelly, Kashdan, Böök and Yanofsky. In order of selection, the following players were nominated: Miguel Najdorf, Isaac Boleslavsky, Gideon Ståhlberg, Salo Flohr, László Szabó, Alexander Kotov, Viacheslav Ragozin, Luděk Pachman, Arnold Denker, Igor Bondarevsky, Lajos Steiner, Erich Eliskases, David Bronstein, Petar Trifunović, Svetozar Gligorić, Savielly Tartakower In addition an extensive reserve list was created to cater for the inevitable withdrawals: Andor Lilienthal, Gösta Stoltz, I. A. Horowitz, Erik Lundin, Folke Ekström, Ossip Bernstein, C. H. O'D. Alexander, Vasja Pirc, Vladas Mikėnas, Alexander Tolush, Jan Foltys, Julio Bolbochán, Hermann Pilnik, Esteban Canal, Nikolay Novotelnov, Olaf Barda, Jens Enevoldsen, Miguel Alemán Dovo Players or their federations were required to finance their own travel and accommodation. In the end, O'Kelly, Kashdan, Denker, and Eliskases withdrew. They were replaced by Lilienthal, Stoltz, Lundin and Pirc. Horowitz also declined a place; it is unclear why Pirc was accepted ahead of Ekström, Bernstein and Alexander. Result Najdorf was the pre-tournament favourite, and many believed he should have been invited to play in the 1948 World Championship tournament. However, he was in poor form; in round 4 he failed to win a won pawn endgame against Kotov, and in round 5 he lost quickly to Lilienthal, who won a brilliancy prize for his effort. Szabó led for most of the tournament but stumbled towards the end. His loss in the final round to tail-ender Lundin allowed Bronstein to overtake him and win the tournament. {| class="wikitable" |+ 1948 Interzonal Tournament, Saltsjöbaden, Sweden |- ! !! !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 !! 19 !! 20 !! Total !! Tie break |- style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align=left| || x || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 ||