After World War II Emīlija Šmite had rivalry with the leading Latvian chess players of this time Milda Lauberte.
In the 1948 Latvian Women's Chess Championship she was a leader with 7 points out of 7, but in the decisive battle with Lauberte in first missed the won, then continued to play for victory and lost.
[1] The 1949 Latvian Women's Chess Championship she was also close to winning the whole tournament, but once again in the decisive party she lost Lauberte and stayed second.
In December 1949 and January 1950, in Tallinn Emīlija Šmite participated in the 10th USSR Women's Chess Championship semi-final, in which shared 11th-12th place, but was the only one who win the tournament winner Kira Zvorykina.
In the 1960s Emīlija Šmite worked in the electrical engineering department of VEF manufactory.