This was second from the top versus second from the bottom, and it was the struggling Chorley side who returned home with maximum.
Curzon started the game with loan signing Steve Foster partnering Mike Norton up front with another player making a debut, Jorge Diaz in midfield.
Curzon were the first to show in front of goal on seven minutes when a Rhodri Giggs free kick was met by the head of Norton only for it to go the wrong side of the upright, and after winning the ball in midfield it was Norton and Giggs again, with the latter getting a cross into the 18 yard area only for it to be cleared by Kieran Fletcher.
The visitors took the lead on the quarter-hour mark, and what a gift it was!
Nothing more than a boot down the middle from the Chorley defence had Kevin Parr and David Carnell leaving the ball for each other, and while they were deciding who was doing what, Stephen Burke went in-between the two defenders, taking the ball with him to score what will probably his easiest goal of the season.
Diaz and Foster combined on 20 minutes to create an opening but Foster's shot failed to trouble keeper Peter Collinge as it went high and minutes later at the other end an attempted clearance by Carnell was blocked by Burke, and with Chorley keeping the pressure on the visiting defence a shot from Mark Drew wasn't that far away from the target.
Foster came close to opening his account as Curzon moved the ball down the left, as James Ogoo brought Diaz into the game and his diagonal ball to the striker presented him with the opportunity on goal.
Chorley doubled their lead a minute before the interval as once again the home defence failed to clear their lines, and as the loose ball fell to Danny Nolan, he drove the ball into the top right hand corner of Carnell's goal.
The second period was very much a case of the visitors looking to hold onto what they had when at times they had ten men back inside their 18 yard area, while at the same time looking to hit Curzon on the break, something which they did on a number of occasions.
Foster crossed into the 18 yard area and as the ball drifted goalwards, Collinge was forced to get back quickly onto his line to tip the ball over the top for a corner, which came to nothing, and then a Dave Birch cross was met by the head of Foster which was comfortably taken by Collinge.
Curzon nearly became the authors of their own misfortune once again on 65 minutes after Chris Curley easily lost possession of the ball just inside his own half. Drew played the ball forward to Burke and it was only a fine left handed save by Carnell that prevented further embarrassment.
Two minutes later and it was almost a repeat of the opening goal as the same three players took centre stage once again when Parr attempted to head the ball back to Carnell. With the ball falling short Burke took up the advantage but his lob over Carnell bounced just wide of goal.
A ball in by Giggs skidded off the head of Norton to Diaz and his attempted header ended up wide of goal but it was Chorley quickly on the break again as Carnell had to have two attempts to gain possession of a shot from Drew.
Another Giggs cross had Collinge under pressure from Norton as the keeper was forced to get two fists to the ball and then with sixteen minutes remaining the theatrics of a Chorley defender ended the debut of Foster after the forward made a gesture with his right hand and the defender dropped to the ground as though shot by a sniper, to regain his composure very quickly once he had seen referee Gordon Johnson brandish the red card.
Curzon were thrown a lifeline on 79 minutes and once again it was a defensive error that brought them right back into the game when the ball was cleared only as far as substitute Eddie Stanford 20 yards from goal and his shot was fumbled by Collinge and ended up in the back of the net.
Collinge was put under pressure by Norton and Mark Redshaw from a Giggs free kick with the keeper being forced to go down to his right to turn the ball for a corner and then Norton was the beneficiary of a Stanford cross as former Stalybridge Celtic favourite Dave German failed to cut out the cross. On a diagonal run Norton tried his luck with a shot to the near post with Collinge spilling the ball as it went out for a corner.
Diaz came close to snatching an equaliser for Curzon when he hit a Birch cross with his first touch, but could only watch as Collinge tipped it over the bar.

Curzon make the relative short trip to the outskirts of Bury on Saturday to meet bottom placed Radcliffe Borough, who gained their first point of the season at the Tameside Stadium at the end of August.