import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

class Solver {
  final int n;
  final long[] as;
  long[][] table;
  
  Solver(int n, long[] as) {
    this.n = n;
    this.as = as;
  }
  
  private long solve(int rangeMin, int rangeMax) {
    if (rangeMin == rangeMax) {
      return 0;
    }
    if (table[rangeMin][rangeMax] != Long.MAX_VALUE) {
      return table[rangeMin][rangeMax];
    }
    int restElements = rangeMax - rangeMin;
    int turn = n - restElements;
    if (turn % 2 == 0) {
      long score1 = as[rangeMin] + solve(rangeMin + 1, rangeMax);
      long score2 = as[rangeMax - 1] + solve(rangeMin, rangeMax - 1);
      table[rangeMin][rangeMax] = Math.max(score1, score2);
    } else {
      long score1 = -1 * as[rangeMin] + solve(rangeMin + 1, rangeMax);
      long score2 = -1 * as[rangeMax - 1] + solve(rangeMin, rangeMax - 1);
      table[rangeMin][rangeMax] = Math.min(score1, score2);
    }
    return table[rangeMin][rangeMax];
  }
  
  public long solve() {
    table = new long[n + 1][n + 1];
    for (long[] t1 : table) {
      Arrays.fill(t1, Long.MAX_VALUE);
    }
    return solve(0, n);
  }
}

public class Main {
  private static void execute(ContestReader reader, PrintWriter out) {
    int n = reader.nextInt();
    long[] as = reader.nextLong(n);
    out.println(new Solver(n, as).solve());
  }
  
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ContestReader reader = new ContestReader(System.in);
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
    execute(reader, out);
    out.flush();
  }
}

class ContestReader {
  private BufferedReader reader;
  private StringTokenizer tokenizer;
  
  ContestReader(InputStream in) {
    reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
  }
  
  public String next() {
    while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
      try {
        tokenizer = new java.util.StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
      } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
      }
    }
    return tokenizer.nextToken();
  }
  
  public char nextChar() {
    return next().charAt(0);
  }
  
  public int nextInt() {
    return Integer.parseInt(next());
  }
  
  public long nextLong() {
    return Long.parseLong(next());
  }
  
  public double nextDouble() {
    return Double.parseDouble(next());
  }
  
  public String[] next(int n) {
    String[] array = new String[n];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      array[i] = next();
    }
    return array;
  }
  
  public char[] nextChar(int n) {
    char[] array = new char[n];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      array[i] = nextChar();
    }
    return array;
  }
  
  public int[] nextInt(int n) {
    int[] array = new int[n];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      array[i] = nextInt();
    }
    return array;
  }
  
  public long[] nextLong(int n) {
    long[] array = new long[n];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      array[i] = nextLong();
    }
    return array;
  }
  
  public double[] nextDouble(int n) {
    double[] array = new double[n];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      array[i] = nextDouble();
    }
    return array;
  }
  
  public char[] nextCharArray() {
    return next().toCharArray();
  }
  
  public int[][] nextInt(int n, int m) {
    int[][] matrix = new int[n][m];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) {
        matrix[i][j] = nextInt();
      }
    }
    return matrix;
  }
  
  public char[][] nextChar(int n, int m) {
    char[][] matrix = new char[n][m];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) {
        matrix[i][j] = nextChar();
      }
    }
    return matrix;
  }
  
  public long[][] nextLong(int n, int m) {
    long[][] matrix = new long[n][m];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) {
        matrix[i][j] = nextLong();
      }
    }
    return matrix;
  }
  
  public double[][] nextDouble(int n, int m) {
    double[][] matrix = new double[n][m];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) {
        matrix[i][j] = nextDouble();
      }
    }
    return matrix;
  }
  
  public char[][] nextCharArray(int n) {
    char[][] matrix = new char[n][];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      matrix[i] = next().toCharArray();
    }
    return matrix;
  }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 130648