n = int(input()) arr = list(map(int,input().split())) #dp[i]以i为结束的最大子数组和 dp = [0] * n dp[0] = arr[0] if n >1: dp[1] = max(arr[0],arr[1]) for i in range(2,n): dp[i] =max(dp[i-2]+arr[i],dp[i-1]) print(max(dp))