#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

long long max(long long a, long long b)
{
    return a > b ? a : b;
}

int main() 
{
    int n = 0;
    long long arr[200000] = {0};
    long long app[200000] = {0};

    cin >> n;
    for (int i = 0; i < n && cin >> arr[i]; i++);

    app[0] = arr[0];
    app[1] = max(arr[1], arr[0]);
    for (int i = 2; i < n; i++)
    {
        app[i] = max(app[i-2] + arr[i], app[i-1]);
    }
    cout << app[n-1];
    return 0;
}
// 64 位输出请用 printf("%lld")