N = int(input()) A = list(map(int, input().split())) dp = [[0, 0] for i in range(N)] for i in range(N): if i == 0: dp[i][0] = 0 dp[i][1] = A[i] else: dp[i][0] = max(dp[i-1]) dp[i][1] = dp[i-1][0]+A[i] print(max(dp[N-1]))