#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define    pf               printf
#define    PF(a)            printf("%d\n",(a))
#define    PF2(a,b)         printf("%d %d\n",(a), (b))
#define    PF3(a,b,c)       printf("%d %d %d\n",(a), (b), (c))
#define    PFL(a)           printf("%lld\n",(a))
#define    PFL2(a,b)        printf("%lld %lld\n",(a), (b))
#define    PFL3(a,b,c)      printf("%lld %lld %lld\n",(a), (b), (c))
#define    get(a)           cin>>a
#define    sf               scanf
#define    SF(a)            scanf("%d",&a)
#define    SF2(a,b)         scanf("%d %d",&a, &b)
#define    SF3(a,b,c)       scanf("%d %d %d",&a, &b, &c)
#define    SFL(a)           scanf("%lld",&a)
#define    SFL2(a,b)        scanf("%lld %lld",&a, &b)
#define    SFL3(a,b,c)      scanf("%lld %lld %lld",&a, &b, &c)
#define    gl(a)            getline(cin,(a))
#define    gc()             getchar()
#define    pb               push_back
#define    m_p              make_pair
#define    pc()             printf("Case %d: ",tt++)
#define    tc()             cout<<"Case "<<tt++<<": "
#define    SZ(a)            (int)(a).size()
#define    all(a)           a.begin(),a.end()
#define    FF               first
#define    SS               second
#define    MAX              2134567891
#define    MOD              1000000007
#define    MM               100005
#define    PI               2*acos(0.0)
#define    cond(n,m)        (xx>=0 && xx<(n) && yy>=0 && yy<(m))

#define    mem(a)           memset((a),0,sizeof (a))
#define    SET(a)           memset((a),-1,sizeof (a))
#define    output           freopen("output.txt","w",stdout);
#define    input            freopen("input.txt","r",stdin);
#define    I_O              ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0)
#define    rep(a)           for(int i=0;i<(a);i++)
#define    FOR(a,b)         for(int i=(a);i<(b);i++)
#define    REP(a)           for(int j=0;j<(a);j++)
#define    rev(a)           for(int i=(a);i>=0;i--)
#define    fr(i,n)          for(i=0;i<n;i++)
#define    fr1(i,n,m)       for(i=n;i<m;i++)

int dx[]  = {0, 0, 1, -1};
int dy[]  = {1, -1, 0, 0};
int dx8[] = {0, 0, 1, 1, 1, -1, -1, -1};
int dy8[] = {1, -1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1};
int kx8[] = {1, 1, 2, 2, -1, -1, -2, -2};
int ky8[] = {2, -2, 1, -1, 2, -2, 1, -1};

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long llu;
typedef priority_queue < int > PQ;
typedef pair < int , int > pi;
typedef pair < int , pi > pii;
typedef vector < int > vi;
typedef vector < ll > vl;
typedef vector < string > vs;

/*
//FUNCTION//
ll bigmod(ll a, ll b, ll c)
{
    if(b==0)return 1%c;ll x=bigmod(a,b/2,c);x=(x*x)%c;
    if(b%2==1)x=(x*a)%c;return x;
}

ll poww(ll a, ll b)
{
    if(b==0)return 1;ll x=poww(a,b/2);x=x*x;if(b%2==1)x=(x*a);return x;
}

ll mod_inverse(ll a, ll mod){return bigmod(a,mod-2,mod);}

ll LCM(ll a, ll b){ return a*b/ __gcd(a,b);}

int pr = 50000;
vi primelist;
bool a[MM*100];
void seive( )
{
    int i,j,k=sqrt(pr);
    a[1]=1;
    primelist.pb(2);
    for(i=4;i<=pr;i+=2)a[i]=1;
    for(i=3;i<=k;i+=2)if(!a[i])for(j=i*i;j<=pr;j+=2*i)a[j]=1;
    for(i=3;i<=pr;i+=2)if(!a[i])primelist.pb(i);
}
int phi[MM];
void calculatePhi() {
  for (int i = 1; i < M; i++) {
    phi[i] = i;
  }
  for (int p = 2; p < M; p++) {
    if (phi[p] == p) { // p is a prime
      for (int k = p; k < M; k += p) {
        phi[k] -= phi[k] / p;
      }
    }
  }
}

ll fact_divs( ll n, ll p)
{
    ll cnt=0;while(p<=n){cnt += n/p;n /= p;}return cnt;
}
struct point{double x, y;};
double area( point A, point B, point C){
return 0.5*(A.x*(B.y-C.y) - A.y*(B.x-C.x) + B.x*C.y - C.x*B.y);
}

int Set(int N,int pos){return N=N | (1<<pos);}
int reset(int N,int pos){return N= N & ~(1<<pos);}
bool check(int N,int pos){return (bool)(N & (1<<pos));}

//*/

ll dp[2*MM][4][4][2], a[2*MM], n;
ll dpcall(int id, int fst, int scd, int ok){
    if(abs(scd-fst)>2)return -1e14;
    if(id==n){
        if(scd-fst==n%2)return 0;
        else return -1e14;
    }
    ll &ret = dp[id][fst][scd][ok];
    if(~ret)return ret;
    ret = -1e14;
    if(ok==1){
        return ret = dpcall(id+1, fst - min(fst, scd+1), scd+1 - min(fst, scd+1), 0);
    }
    ret = max(ret, a[id] + dpcall(id+1, fst+1 - min(fst+1, scd), scd-min(fst+1, scd), 1));
    ret = max(ret,dpcall(id+1, fst - min(fst, scd+1), scd+1 - min(fst, scd+1), 0));
    return ret;
}

int main() {

    I_O;
    cin>>n;
    rep(n)cin>>a[i];
    SET(dp);
    cout<<dpcall(0,0,0,0)<<endl;



    return 0;
}
/*

*/


Measured memory_bytes: 73944