Diego Costa scored twice in south Wales to give Antonio Conte's men a share of the spoils - having earlier looked sure winners at the Liberty Stadium after taking early lead in the 16th minute.
Antonio Conte would have been frustrated as his side conceded two quick second-half goals to the Welsh side.
Assisted wonderfully by Oscar, Diego Costa fired past Lukasz Fabianski to hand the Blues the 16th minute advantage in south Wales.
Diego Costa's 81st minute equaliser salvaged a point for wasteful Chelsea, as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Swansea.
The Spanish hitman has started the season in fine form, and wasted little time in nabbing his third league goal of the campaign.
Chelsea created a host of chances in the first period but couldn't put daylight between themselves and their hosts - and were made to pay 15 minutes into the second half, as the Swans turned things around.
A break out of defence from Modou Barrow saw him play a cross-field ball for Gylfi Sigurdsson, running through on goal; Thibault Courtois initially hesitated, before deciding to make a challenge bringing down the Icelandic midfielder - who himself made no mistake from the penalty spot.
And then Leroy Fer was given the benefit of the doubt by referee Andre Marriner when appearing to foul Gary Cahill, and put the Welsh side in front with his third goal of the season.
However, as the Swans sunk deeper and deeper, increasingly giving up ground and possession to the visitors, they eventually conceded an equaliser, nine minutes from time.
A clipped pass into the penalty area found Oscar's clever run and he fed Branislav Ivanovic in an inside right position; the Serbian easily got round Stephen Kingsley before his shot was deflected up into the air, where Costa fired home with an acrobatic effort.
Both sides went on to have chances to claim victory, but in the end neither could claim a winning goal.
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