#!/bin/python3
import math
import os
import random
import re
import sys
# Complete the maxSubsetSum function below.
def maxSubsetSum(arr):
if len(arr) == 1:
return 0
n1, n2 = arr[0], max(arr[:2])
for num in arr[2:]:
n3 = max(n1+num, n2, num)
n1, n2 = n2, n3
return n3
if __name__ == '__main__':
fptr = open(os.environ['OUTPUT_PATH'], 'w')
n = int(input())
arr = list(map(int, input().rstrip().split()))
res = maxSubsetSum(arr)
fptr.write(str(res) + '\n')
fptr.close()