### BUGGY CODE ###

#!usr/bin/env python3
from collections import defaultdict
from collections import deque
from heapq import heappush, heappop
import sys
import math
import bisect
import random
def LI(): return list(map(int, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
def I(): return int(sys.stdin.readline())
def LS():return list(map(list, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
def S(): return list(sys.stdin.readline())[:-1]
def IR(n):
    l = [None for i in range(n)]
    for i in range(n):l[i] = I()
    return l
def LIR(n):
    l = [None for i in range(n)]
    for i in range(n):l[i] = LI()
    return l
def SR(n):
    l = [None for i in range(n)]
    for i in range(n):l[i] = S()
    return l
def LSR(n):
    l = [None for i in range(n)]
    for i in range(n):l[i] = SR()
    return l
sys.setrecursionlimit(1000000)
mod = 1000000007


#A
def A():
    n,k = LI()
    a = LI()
    dp = [0 for i in range(k+1)]
    f = [0 for i in range(k+1)]
    for i in range(k+1):
        if not f[i]:
            for j in a:
                if i-j >= 0:
                    dp[i] = 1-dp[i-j]
                    if dp[i] == 0:
                        break
            else:
                dp[i] = 1
    print(["First","Second"][dp[k]])
#B
def B():
    def dfs(d,m):
        if dp[m] != None:
            return dp[m]
        l = [n-(m-s[d])-1-(n-d-1),n-(m-s[d])-1]
        if not d%2:
            res = -float("inf")
            for i in range(2):
                res = max(res,a[l[i]]+dfs(d+1,max(0,m-2-d+i)))
            dp[m] = res
            return dp[m]
        else:
            res = float("inf")
            for i in range(2):
                res = min(res,-a[l[i]]+dfs(d+1,max(0,m-2-d+i)))
            dp[m] = res
            return dp[m]
    n = I()
    a = LI()
    ma = n*(n+1)//2
    s = [None for i in range(n)]
    s[0] = ma
    for i in range(n-1):
        s[i+1] = s[i]-(i+2)
    dp = [None for i in range(ma+1)]
    dp[0] = 0
    print(dfs(0,ma))
    return

#C
def C():
    return

#D
def D():
    return

#E
def E():
    return

#F
def F():
    return

#G
def G():
    return

#H
def H():
    return

#Solve
if __name__ == "__main__":
    B()


### FIXED CODE ###

#!usr/bin/env python3
from collections import defaultdict
from collections import deque
from heapq import heappush, heappop
import sys
import math
import bisect
import random
def LI(): return list(map(int, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
def I(): return int(sys.stdin.readline())
def LS():return list(map(list, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
def S(): return list(sys.stdin.readline())[:-1]
def IR(n):
    l = [None for i in range(n)]
    for i in range(n):l[i] = I()
    return l
def LIR(n):
    l = [None for i in range(n)]
    for i in range(n):l[i] = LI()
    return l
def SR(n):
    l = [None for i in range(n)]
    for i in range(n):l[i] = S()
    return l
def LSR(n):
    l = [None for i in range(n)]
    for i in range(n):l[i] = SR()
    return l
sys.setrecursionlimit(1000000)
mod = 1000000007


#A
def A():
    n,k = LI()
    a = LI()
    dp = [0 for i in range(k+1)]
    f = [0 for i in range(k+1)]
    for i in range(k+1):
        if not f[i]:
            for j in a:
                if i-j >= 0:
                    dp[i] = 1-dp[i-j]
                    if dp[i] == 0:
                        break
            else:
                dp[i] = 1
    print(["First","Second"][dp[k]])
#B
def B():
    n = I()
    a = LI()
    ma = n*(n+1)//2
    su = sum(a)
    s = [1 for i in range(n+1)]
    for i in range(1,n):
        s[i+1] = s[i]+n-i+1
    d = [None for i in range(ma+1)]
    d[0] = 0
    k = 1
    for i in range(1,n+1):
        for j in range(n+1-i):
            d[k+j] = i
        k += n+1-i
    k = n%2
    dp = [su if (d[i]+k)%2 else -su for i in range(ma+1)]
    dp[0] = 0
    if k:
        for i in range(n):
            dp[i+1] = a[n-1-i]
    else:
        for i in range(n):
            dp[i+1] = -a[n-1-i]
    for i in range(1,ma):
        r = n-1-(i-s[d[i]])
        l = r+1-d[i]
        j = i+(n-d[i])
        j2 = j+1
        if (d[i]+k)%2:
            if r < n-1:
                if a[r+1]+dp[i] > dp[j]:
                    dp[j] = a[r+1]+dp[i]
            if l > 0:
                if a[l-1]+dp[i] > dp[j2]:
                    dp[j2] = a[l-1]+dp[i]
        else:
            if r < n-1:
                if -a[r+1]+dp[i] < dp[j]:
                    dp[j] = -a[r+1]+dp[i]
            if l > 0:
                if -a[l-1]+dp[i] < dp[j2]:
                    dp[j2] = -a[l-1]+dp[i]
    print(dp[ma])
    return

#C
def C():
    return

#D
def D():
    return

#E
def E():
    return

#F
def F():
    return

#G
def G():
    return

#H
def H():
    return

#Solve
if __name__ == "__main__":
    B()