#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Optimization

// #pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
// #pragma GCC optimize("O3")
#define endl '\n'

// Shortcut

#define int long long
#define eb emplace_back
#define pb push_back
#define pob pop_back
#define mp make_pair
#define upb upper_bound
#define lwb lower_bound
#define fi first
#define se second
#define For(i, l, r) for (int i = l; i < r; i++)
#define ForE(i, l, r) for (int i = l; i <= r; i++)
#define Ford(i, r, l) for (int i = r; i > l; i--)
#define FordE(i, r, l) for (int i = r; i >= l; i--)
#define Fora(i, a) for (auto i : a)

// I/O & Debug

#define PrintV(a) Fora(iiii, a) cout << iiii << ' '; cout << endl;
#define PrintVl(a) Fora(iiii, a) cout << iiii << endl;
#define PrintA(a, l, r) for (int iiii = l; iiii <= r; iiii++) cout << a[iiii] << ' '; cout << endl;
#define PrintAl(a, l, r) for (int iiii = l; iiii <= r; iiii++) cout << a[iiii] << endl;
#define Ptest(x) return cout << x, 0;
#define gl(s) getline(cin, s);
#define setpre(x) fixed << setprecision(x)
/*
#define debug(args...){ string _sDEB = #args; replace(_sDEB.begin(), _sDEB.end(), ',', ' '); stringstream _ssDEB(_sDEB); istream_iterator<string> _itDEB(_ssDEB); DEB(_itDEB, args); }
void DEB(istream_iterator<string> it) {}
template<typename T, typename... Args>
void DEB(istream_iterator<string> it, T a, Args... args){
    cout << *it << " = " << a << endl;
    DEB(++it, args...);
}
*/

// Functions

//#define isvowel(a) (a == 'a' || a == 'e' || a == 'i' || a == 'o' || a == 'u')
#define bend(a) a.begin(), a.end()
#define rbend(a) a.rbegin(), a.rend()
#define mset(a) memset(a, 0, sizeof(a))
#define mset1(a) memset(a, 1, sizeof(a))
#define msetn1(a) memset(a, -1, sizeof(a))
#define msetinf(a) memset(a, 0x3f, sizeof(a))
#define gcd __gcd
#define __builtin_popcount __builtin_popcountll
//mt19937 rando(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

// Data Structure

#define pque priority_queue
#define mts multiset
#define y0 _y0_
#define y1 _y1_
#define div divi
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef vector <int> vi;
typedef vector <ll> vll;
typedef vector <ld> vld;
typedef vector <string> vs;
typedef pair <int, int> pii;
typedef pair <ll, ll> pll;
typedef vector <vi > vvi;
typedef vector <vll > vvll;
typedef vector <pii > vpii;
typedef vector <pll > vpll;

const int N = 2e5 + 5, mod = 1e9 + 7, mod1 = 998244353, mod2 = 1e9 + 9, inf = 1e9 + 7;
const ll infll = 1e18 + 7;

int n, ans = -infll, sum, rsum, mx;
int a[N], b[N], c[N];

signed main(){
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
    cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
    cin >> n;
    ForE(i, 1, n){
        cin >> a[i];
    }
    sum = 0; rsum = 0; mx = 0;
    ForE(i, 1, n / 2){
        sum += a[2 * i];
        rsum += a[2 * i];
    }
    mx = sum;
    ForE(i, 1, n / 2){
        sum -= a[2 * i];
        sum += a[2 * i - 1];
        rsum -= a[2 * i];
        mx = max(mx, sum);
        b[i] = mx - rsum;
    }
    sum = 0; rsum = 0; mx = 0;
    ForE(i, 1, n / 2){
        sum += a[n + 1 - (2 * i)];
        rsum += a[n + 1 - (2 * i)];
    }
    mx = sum;
    ForE(i, 1, n / 2){
        sum -= a[n + 1 - (2 * i)];
        sum += a[n + 1 - (2 * i - 1)];
        rsum -= a[n + 1 - (2 * i)];
        mx = max(mx, sum);
        c[i] = mx - rsum;
    }
    // PrintA(b, 0, n / 2);
    // PrintA(c, 0, n / 2);
    if (n % 2 == 0){
        cout << b[n / 2];
        return 0;
    }
    ForE(j, 0, n / 2){
        int k = n / 2 - j;
        ans = max(ans, b[j] + c[k]);
    }
    cout << ans;
}

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Measured memory_bytes: 6752