n = int(input()) v = list(map(int, input().split())) f = [0] * n g = [0] * n f[0] = v[0] for i in range(1, n): f[i] = g[i - 1] + v[i] g[i] = max(f[i - 1], g[i - 1]) print(max(f[-1], g[-1]))